<p>C P Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra on Wednesday evening. He is the 21st governor of Maharashtra since the state was formed in 1960 and succeeds Ramesh Bais.</p>
<p>Radhakrishnan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, reported the PTI.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Eknath-Shinde-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde</strong></a>, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, other ministers and senior officials were present at the function at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan.</p>
<p>The new governor was then accorded a ceremonial guard of honour by the Indian Navy.</p>
<p>Radhakrishnan served as governor of Jharkhand for nearly one and a half years prior to his new appointment.</p>
<p>Radhakrishnan has also held additional charge as governor of Telangana and lieutenant governor of Puducherry for brief periods.</p>
<p>According to the PTI, born on May 4, 1957, in Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Starting as an RSS worker, he became a state executive committee member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (predecessor of the BJP) in 1974.</p>
<p>In 1996, Radhakrishnan was appointed as secretary of the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from Coimbatore in 1998, and re-elected in 1999.</p>
<p>As an MP, he served as chairman of the parliamentary standing committee for textiles. He was also a member of the parliamentary committee for Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and the consultative committee for finance. He was a member of the parliamentary special committee investigating the stock exchange scam too.</p>
<p>In 2004, Radhakrishnan addressed the UN General Assembly as part of a parliamentary delegation. He was also a member of the first parliamentary delegation to Taiwan.</p>
<p>Between 2004 and 2007, Radhakrishnan served as Tamil Nadu <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-sharad-pawar-should-clarify-stand-on-maratha-quota-issue-says-bjps-pankaja-munde-23369435" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>BJP</strong></a> chief. In that role, he undertook a 19,000 km 'Ratha Yatra' to highlight demands such as linking all Indian rivers, eradication of terrorism, implementation of a uniform civil code, eradication of untouchability and combating the menace of narcotic drugs. He also led two 'pad-yatras' for different causes.</p>
<p>In 2016, Radhakrishnan was appointed the chairman of the Coir Board, Kochi, a position he held for four years. Under his leadership, coir exports from India reached an all-time high of Rs 2,532 crore. From 2020 to 2022, he was the BJP's all India in-charge for Kerala.</p>
<p>On February 18, 2023, Radhakrishnan was appointed as governor of Jharkhand. He also held additional charge as the governor of Telangana and lieutenant governor of Puducherry.</p>
<p>(with PTI inputs)</p><p>
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