Guwahati: Gulab Chand Kataria, the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the leader of the opposition in Rajasthan, was appointed governor of Assam and he pledged to “fulfil the task honestly.”
Talking to ANI, Gulab Chand Kataria said, “My party has always shown its trust in me.” Whenever the party has given me whatever, responsibility, I have tried to fulfil it to the best of my ability.”
Responding to reporters’ questions on what will be his priority in Assam, Kataria said, “PM Narendra Modi and senior people of my party consider me worthy of doing that work. With god and party leaders’ blessings, I will definitely try to live up to their expectations.”
Talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kataria said, “Two days back I received a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he asked about my health.”
Even Gulabchand Kataria was unaware that he would succeed Biren Singh as Governor of Assam.
“I get the information about becoming the Governor from the media this morning. After that many big leaders associated with the party called him,” Kataria said.
Gulab Chand Kataria, the leader of the opposition, will now serve as governor, but he predicts that the BJP will win Rajasthan’s legislative elections later this year, despite the fact that Ashok Gehlot, the state’s chief minister, claims to be a repeat of the Congress administration. Despite the budget the public is being seduced by, however, little actual work is being done on the ground.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan released on Sunday the names of those who would be appointed to the positions of 12 state governors and one lieutenant governor in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Let Gen Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) has been appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim, CP Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand, Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam, the statement read.
“The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices,” the statement added.