Guwahati: Gulab Chand Kataria, the newly appointed Governor of Assam is expected to take oath on February 22.
While interacting with media, Kataria said, “I will fulfil the constitutional responsibility given to me by Prime Minister Modi and our party in such a way I will live up to the expectations of the high command and the Prime Minister.”
“Even before this, whatever responsibility was given to me by the Bharatiya Janata Party, I have done the job of fulfilling it very well,” he added.
Kataria was appointed as the new Governor of Assam replacing Prof. Jagdish Mukhi on February 12.
Politician Gulab Chand Kataria belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was Rajasthan’s home minister from 2014 to 2018. He is a prominent BJP leader and a member of the central working committee.
In the midst of changes in the role for various states, Kataria succeeds the current governor of Assam.