Om Prakash Mathur To Be Sworn In As Keralam Guv on Oct 23
Mathur hails from Bedal village in Bali tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan. He graduated from Rajasthan University and entered public life as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak
Thiruvananthapuram: Om Prakash Mathur, former Governor of Sikkim, will be sworn in as the 29th Governor of Keralam on October 23.
The swearing-in ceremony will be held at the Lok Bhavan Auditorium here between noon and 12.30 pm, according to a statement issued on Wednesday.
Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Justice Soumen Sen, will administer the oath of office to Mathur.
Mathur hails from Bedal village in Bali tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan. He graduated from Rajasthan University and entered public life as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak.
He subsequently served as the BJP general secretary in charge of Gujarat and as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
Mathur succeeds Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar as Governor of Keralam.
Arlekar has been appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu.