Shri Ramen Deka took oath as Governor of Chhattisgarh
01-Aug-2024
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Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai congratulated the new Governor
Raipur : Shri Ramen Deka took oath of office as the 10th Governor of Chhattisgarh in a dignified ceremony held at the Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan today. Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court Justice Shri Ramesh Sinha administered the oath to him. Governor Shri Deka took oath in the name of God. First Lady Mrs. Rani Deka Kakoti was present on this occasion. State Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, Assembly Speaker Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Justice of High Court Bilaspur Justice Shri Ramesh Sinha greeted Governor Shri Deka by presenting him a flower bouquet and wished him well.
At the ceremony, Chief Secretary Mr. Amitabh Jain read out the Warrant of Appointment issued by President Smt. Draupadi Murmu to appoint Mr. Ramen Deka as the Governor of Chhattisgarh. The swearing-in ceremony began and ended with the National Anthem played by the Ceremonial Police Band. The tune of the State Song was also played on this occasion. After the swearing-in, Governor Mr. Ramen Deka was given a Guard of Honour.
On this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Arun Saw, Finance Minister Mr. O.P. Choudhary, Forest and Climate Change Mr. Kedar Kashyap, Commerce and Industry and Labor Minister Mr. Lakhan Lal Dewangan, Food, Civil Supplies Minister Mr. Dayal Das Baghel, Public Health and Family Welfare, Health Minister Mr. Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Revenue, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Mr. Tankaram Verma, Women and Child Development Minister Mrs. Laxmi Rajwade, MP Mr. Brijmohan Agarwal, former Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, and other MLAs were present.
Commissioner of Chhattisgarh State Information Commission Mr. N.K. Shukla, Mr. Alok Chandravashi, Chairperson of Chhattisgarh Women Commission Mrs. Kiranmayi Nayak, former Speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Mr. Dharamlal Kaushik, Mr. Narayan Chandel, Mr. Gaurishankar Agarwal, former ministers, MPs, MLAs including public representatives, Director General of Police Mr. Ashok Juneja, Additional Chief Secretary Mrs. Renu Pillai, Mr. Subrat Sahu, Mr. Manoj Pingua, Secretary to Governor Mr. Yashwant Kumar, Registrar General of Chhattisgarh High Court Mr. V.P. Verma, Legal Advisor to Governor Mr. Bhishp Pratap Pandey along with senior administrative officers, senior police officers, family members of the Governor, Vice Chancellors of universities, media personnel and other dignitaries were present in the function.
The biography of Governor Mr. Ramen Deka is as follows-
The 10th Governor of Chhattisgarh Mr. Ramen Deka was born on 1 March 1954 in Sualkuchi, Kamrup (Assam), Assam. His father's name is late Shri Surendra Nath Deka and mother's name is late Smt. Champabati Deka. His family consists of his wife Smt. Rani Deka Kakoti and two children. He received his BA degree in Philosophy and Economics from Pragjyotish College, Guwahati University, Assam.
Shri Ramen Deka is a senior politician. He has been active in politics since 1977. He was a founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the year 1980. Ramen Deka has also been the state president of Assam BJP in the year 2006. Shri Deka has been the Vice President of the Innovation and Transformation Commission of Assam State (Cabinet Minister status) from August 2021 till 29 July 2024.
He has been an MP twice. For the first time in the year 2009, he was elected MP from Mangaldoi seat of Assam for the 15th Lok Sabha. During this period, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Member of Public Accounts, Member of India Bhutan Parliamentary Friendship Group, Member of Subordinate Legislation Committee, Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the House Meetings. After that in the year 2014, he was re-elected as MP for the 16th Lok Sabha. In the second term, Deka was also a member of the panel of chairmen in the Lok Sabha.
During this period, he discharged the responsibilities of Member Estimates Committee, Member Advisory Committee, Member Ministry of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, Central Advisory Committee Member under Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, India-China Parliamentary Friendship Group Member, Member of Tea Board. In the second term itself, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Member General Purposes Committee, Member Sub-Committee Second Estimates Committee, Member Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chairman of Innovation Transformation Commission Assam from 2021 till now.
Mr. Deka took oath as the Governor of Chhattisgarh on 31 July 2024.
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