FIFTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MR. BEPIN BEHARI LAL, I.C.S., TOOK OATH AS FIRST GOVERNOR OF SIKKIM AT A SIMPLE BUT IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY HELD AT RAJBHAVAN ON MAY 16. THE OATH WAS ADMINISTERED BY MR JUSTICE RAJINDER SACHAR, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SIKKIM.
The function was held at a specially erected pandal at the Rajbhavan lawns and was attended, among others by Chief Minister Kazi Lhendup Dorji, Kazini of Chakung, members ofthe Cabinet Mr B.P. Dahal, Mr B.P. Kharel, Mr Dorji Tsering, Mr Naye Tsering Lepcha, and Mr Rinzing Tongden Lepcha, Deputy Speaker of Sikkim Assembly Mr C.S. Rai, Members of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, General Secretary of Congress Party Mr S.K. Rai, and top civil and army officials.
Later, Mr Lal administered he oath of office and secrecy to Kazi as Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues under the Indian Constitution.
On his arrival at Rajbhavan Mr Lal was received by Kazi and his Cabinet colleagues. He was presented with an impressive Guard of Honour by Sikkim Police and C.R.P. personnel under the command of Mr Manzurul Haq, D.S.P. of C.R.P.
The Sikkim Police band played the National Anthem. The National flag was fluttering at the Raj Bhavan. The Chief Secretary of the Sikkim Government Mr T.S. Gyalsen read out the President’s warrant of appointment appointing Mr Lal as Governor of Sikkim. Then Mr Justice Rajinder Sachchar administered the oath to Mr Lal for office. In turn, Mr Lal administered the oath to Mr Justice Sachhar as Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim.
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Later in the afternoon, at another function at the Rajbhavan Mr Lal administered oath to thirty-one members of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. Mr R.C. Poudyal, who is now under treatment at Poona, could not take the oath.
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