Vajubhai Vala takes oath as Karnataka governor

September 01, 2014 19:49

Vajubhai Vala, former Gujarat assembly Speaker and an old trusted aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was today sworn in as the governor of Karnataka.

Seventy-six-year-old Vala was administered oath of office by Chief Justice of the Karnataka high court D H Waghela at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Union ministers D V Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar, state ministers, leader of Opposition in the state assembly Jagadish Shettar, BJP vice-president B S Yeddyurappa and senior bureaucrats were present at the event. Vala took the oath in Hindi.

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