Biswa Bhusan Harichandan took oath as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
At a ceremony which was held at the Raj Bhavan in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh High Court's Acting Chief Justice C. Praveen Kumar administered the oath to the new Governor.
The ceremony was attended by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, his cabinet colleagues and senior officials.
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Harichandan is a veteran leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and is a former minister of Odisha. He is the first full-time Governor of Andhra Pradesh since its bifurcation in 2014.
Narasimhan had been serving as the Governor of both the states from Hyderabad.
Harichandan is also a prolific writer whose articles have been published in newspapers in Odisha.
(with inputs from IANS)
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