Port Blair, Jan 05: Senior BJP leader Ram Kapse was sworn in as the Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar today. The oath of office and secrecy was administered to Kapse by Justice A K Mathur, Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan and Union Minister of State for Power Jayawantiben Mehta were prominent among those present on the occasion.
Kapse, a former leader of opposition in Maharashtra assembly, was later also an MP from Thane.
He replaces N N Jha, who has been moved to Pondicherry.
Bureau Report