Swearing-In LIVE: Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has been sworn-in as Madhya Pradesh CM amid a scathing attack by the BJP following Sajjan Kumar’s conviction in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. Nath has also faced allegations of involvement in the communal riots that followed then PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Countering the BJP’s attack, Congress asked the saffron party not to politicise the Delhi High Court’s ruling.
Kamal Nath was administered the oath by Governor Anandiben Patel. Those present at the swearing-in ceremony included Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, AICC general secretary Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his deputy Sachin Pilot, MPs Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav, DMK’s MK Stalin, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Kamal Nath’s predecessor and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan were also present.
Earlier, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan, while Sachin Pilot took oath as a cabinet minister. The party has announced that Pilot will be the state’s deputy chief minister.
Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh administered the oath of office to Gehlot and Pilot in the presence of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh at the Albert Hall.
Several leaders from the Congress and its alliance partners from across the country attended the event.
The governor said on the suggestion of Gehlot, Pilot will be deputy chief minister of Rajasthan.
Outgoing Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, LJD leader Sharad Yadav, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, DMK leader M K Stalin, JMM leader Hemant Soren, JVM leader Babulal Marandi were among others who were present at the ceremony.
Gehlot, Pilot and other leaders received Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh at the airport and left for the Albert Hall in a bus amid tight security arrangements.
Large number of the party members and supporters were present in the oath ceremony.
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