Former Union Minister of India and Veteran Congress leader Virbhadra Singh on 25 December 2012 was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Himachal for a record sixth term in Shimla.
78 years old Virbhadra Singh was administered the oath of office by Governor of Himachal Pradesh Urmila Singh. Oath of office and secrecy to the chief parliamentary secretaries was administered by the Chief Minister.
Besides Virbhadra Singh, nine Cabinet members and three chief Parliamentary secretaries were also sworn-in.
The members who have been inducted as Cabinet ministers are Vidya Stokes, Kaul Singh Thakur, G S Bali, Sujan Singh Pathania, Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Mukesh Agnihotri, Sudhir Sharma, Prakash Chaudhary and Dhani Ram Shandil.
Neeraj Bharti, Rajesh Dharmani and Vinay Kumar have been inducted as chief parliamentary secretaries. With this Two of Virbhadra Singh's opponents G S Bali and Kaul Singh Thakur have also been inducted as Cabinet ministers. Virbhadra Singh is likely to allot departments to the Cabinet ministers in the last week of December 2012.
Virbhadra Singh is often referred to as the Raja of Rampur because his ancestors were royalty. He had served five terms as chief minister of Himachal Pradesh between 1983 and 2007. In his five-decade political career, he has been an MLA seven times and a parliamentarian five times.
Virbhadra Singh took oath as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for the Sixth time
India Current Affairs 2012. Former Union Minister of India and Veteran Congress leader Virbhadra Singh on 25 December 2012 was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Himachal for a record sixth term in Shimla...
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