Chandigarh, July 21 Academician Ashim Kumar Ghosh was sworn in as the 19th Governor of #Haryana, succeeding Bandaru Dattatraya, on Monday.
The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sheel Nagu, at a simple but dignified ceremony held at the Haryana Raj Bhavan here.
Prof Ghosh, a distinguished academician and experienced political leader, served as the head of the Department of Political Science at a reputed college in Kolkata for nearly four decades. He has actively contributed to academic research and political discourse, having worked on University Grants Commission (UGC) and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) projects and authored several articles in prominent publications.
Ghosh’s elevation as a governor is being seen as both an acknowledgement of his long political journey and a gesture of respect towards the older generation of BJP leaders who built the party’s foundations in West Bengal, where it long remained marginal. His tenure as the party’s state president, from 1999 to 2002, coincided with a period of modest growth and consolidation for the BJP in Bengal.
