Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru administers the oath to Dr Sudha Yadav at Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru: Dr Sudha Yadav was sworn in as Karnataka Governor on October 16, becoming the second woman to hold the office after V.S. Ramadevi. Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru administered the oath at the Glass House in Lok Bhavan, Bengaluru.
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Yadav following the completion of outgoing Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot’s tenure. Ramadevi, who took office in 1999, was Karnataka’s first woman governor.
Chief Minister, outgoing Governor attend ceremony
Gehlot attended the swearing-in along with Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G. Parameshwara. Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil, Tourism and Energy Minister K.J. George and Home Minister Priyank Kharge were also present.
Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Chalavadi T. Narayanaswamy, Assembly Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka, Chief Secretary Dr Shalini Rajneesh, Director General of Police Dr M.A. Saleem and Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh attended the ceremony.
Ministers, MLAs, MLCs, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members, Karnataka High Court judges, senior officials and other dignitaries were among those present.
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Husband died in the Kargil war
Yadav’s husband, Sukhbir Singh Yadav, was a deputy commandant in the Border Security Force (BSF). He died fighting Pakistani artillery fire during the 1999 Kargil war and was posthumously awarded the Sena Medal.
Gold medallist and former Mahendragarh MP
Yadav completed an MSc in chemistry at IIT Roorkee, winning a gold medal, and also holds a PhD.
She entered politics with encouragement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and represented Haryana’s Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency from 1999 to 2004.
She became the second woman, after Sushma Swaraj, to be chosen for the BJP Parliamentary Board. She has also served as the national in-charge of the BJP OBC Morcha and as a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes.
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