PUDUCHERRY: Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi today assumed charge as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
Senior judge of the Madras High Court Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh administered the oath of office and secrecy to 66-year-old Bedi at Raj Nivas.
Bedi is the fourth woman Lt Governor of the Union Territory, a post which was under the additional charge of Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island for nearly two years.
Chief Secretary to Puducherry Government Manoj Parida earlier read out her warrant of appointment issued by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Chief Minister designate V Narayanasamy, former Chief Ministers N Rangasamy, R V Janakiraman and M D R Ramachandran, PCC president A Namassivayam, elected legislators, Member of Lok Sabha Radhakrishnan, N Gokulakrishnan (Rajya Sabha), French Consul General Philippe Janvier Kamiyama and former Ministers were among those who witnessed the ceremony. (AGENCIES)
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