In Assam and Kerala, the new Chief Ministers will be sworn in today. Tarun Gogoi will assume office for the third time in a row in Assam. The State Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Gogoi at a swearing-in ceremony being organized at the Raj Bhavan in Guwahati at three in the afternoon. Mr. Gogoi was formally elected Leader of the Congress Legislature Party unopposed at a meeting held in the Central Hall of the Assam Assembly in Dispur on Tuesday.
In Kerala, Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy will be sworn in as the Chief Minister today. Six leaders of Congress-led UDF are also to take oath along with Mr Chandy as ministers in the swearing ceremony to be held this afternoon at Rajbhawan in Thiruvananthapuram. In a neck to neck fight, Congress led UDF has secured a very thin majority to the 140 member Kerala Assembly in the recent election. Mr Chandy will be expanding his cabinet by next week.
In West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress-led new Government will be sworn-in on Friday. State Governor M.K. Narayanan has invited Mamata Banerjee to take oath as Chief Minister of the state after her election as the leader of Trinamool Congress Legislature Party. According to a Raj Bhavan release, Governor Narayanan has appointed Gyan Singh Sohanpal, Protem Speaker of the newly constituted West Bengal Assembly. He will take oath today.
AIR correspondent reports that, the 75-year-old lawyer-turned politician Tarun Gogoi will be swearing in as the 14th Chief Minister of the state. After being re-elected as the CLP leader, Mr. Gogoi announced that his Government would mainly focus on economic development, tackling unemployment problem and restoration of peace in the State. He said the responsibility of Government has increased manifold as the people of the State have supported the Congress overwhelmingly with more expectations to bring the party to power again.
