<p>Veteran BJP leader from Tamil Nadu CP Radhakrishnan on Saturday took the oath of office as the 11th governor of Jharkhand at the Raj Bhavan.</p>.<p>Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Aparesh Kumar Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to Radhakrishnan, 65, at a ceremony attended by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, state ministers, MPs and MLAs.</p>.<p>"I am very happy to take over as the governor of Jharkhand. The ultimate aim is to ensure the all-round development of the state... Development is the only answer for eradication of poverty," he later told reporters.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/phagu-chauhan-sworn-in-as-meghalaya-governor-1192676.html" target="_blank">Phagu Chauhan sworn in as Meghalaya governor</a></strong></p>.<p>Radhakrishnan, a two-time Lok Sabha member from Coimbatore, succeeded Ramesh Bais, who served as the governor of Jharkhand since July 2021.</p>.<p>"I have full faith that your guidance will always be available for the all-round development of the state," Soren said in a tweet, congratulating the new governor.</p>.<p>After taking oath, Radhakrishnan visited to Ulihatu village in Khunti district, the birthplace of tribal icon Birsa Munda, around 60 km from state capital Ranchi.</p>.<p>Radhakrishnan said it is the unparallel contribution by icons like Birsa Munda that "we could be become citizens of a free nation".</p>.<p>"Today we are the fifth biggest economy in the world," he said, adding that he was committed to the upliftment of Jharkhand and its people.</p>.<p>Later, he paid obeisance to Lord Shiva at Panch Mandir in Ranchi on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.</p>.<p>"On the holy day of Maha Shivaratri, I worshipped Lord Shiva and prayed to him for happiness, wealth and health of the people of Jharkhand," Radhakrishnan told PTI.</p>
<p>Veteran BJP leader from Tamil Nadu CP Radhakrishnan on Saturday took the oath of office as the 11th governor of Jharkhand at the Raj Bhavan.</p>.<p>Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Aparesh Kumar Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to Radhakrishnan, 65, at a ceremony attended by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, state ministers, MPs and MLAs.</p>.<p>"I am very happy to take over as the governor of Jharkhand. The ultimate aim is to ensure the all-round development of the state... Development is the only answer for eradication of poverty," he later told reporters.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/phagu-chauhan-sworn-in-as-meghalaya-governor-1192676.html" target="_blank">Phagu Chauhan sworn in as Meghalaya governor</a></strong></p>.<p>Radhakrishnan, a two-time Lok Sabha member from Coimbatore, succeeded Ramesh Bais, who served as the governor of Jharkhand since July 2021.</p>.<p>"I have full faith that your guidance will always be available for the all-round development of the state," Soren said in a tweet, congratulating the new governor.</p>.<p>After taking oath, Radhakrishnan visited to Ulihatu village in Khunti district, the birthplace of tribal icon Birsa Munda, around 60 km from state capital Ranchi.</p>.<p>Radhakrishnan said it is the unparallel contribution by icons like Birsa Munda that "we could be become citizens of a free nation".</p>.<p>"Today we are the fifth biggest economy in the world," he said, adding that he was committed to the upliftment of Jharkhand and its people.</p>.<p>Later, he paid obeisance to Lord Shiva at Panch Mandir in Ranchi on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.</p>.<p>"On the holy day of Maha Shivaratri, I worshipped Lord Shiva and prayed to him for happiness, wealth and health of the people of Jharkhand," Radhakrishnan told PTI.</p>