Shillong: Senior BJP leader V Shanmuganthan was on Wednesday sworn-in as the Governor of Meghalaya at the Raj Bhavan here.
Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court Uma Nath Singh administered the oath of office to Shanmuganthan at a solemn ceremony attended by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and most of his cabinet colleagues.
Shanmuganthan was appointed as the new Governor on May 12.
Meghalaya was without a permanent governor for over four months.
Keshari Nath Tripathi, the West Bengal governor, had been taking the charge since the former incumbent KK Paul was removed from the post in January this year.
Shanmuganathan is a post-graduate and an M Phil in political Science.
He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1962 and later joined Bharatiya Janata Party and served in many party positions.
He has been in-charge of the Defence, Research and Documentation and Overseas Friends of BJP Cells.
A prolific writer, the BJP leader had written three books relating to culture and social aspects in Tamil.
