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New Mizoram Governor sworn in

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Aizawl:  Lt. General Nirbhay Sharma (retd.) was sworn in as the 17th governor of Mizoram at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday.
The Congress-ruled Mizoram has earned the dubious distinction of having eight governors in the past ten months.
Guwahati High Court judge, Justice T. Vaiphei, administered the oath of office to Lt. Gen. Sharma at a simple ceremony, conducted by state chief secretary Lalmalsawma.
Lt. Gen. Sharma was earlier governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He was transferred to Mizoram by President Pranab Mukherjee on May 12. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi was holding the additional charge of Mizoram till now.
Lt. Gen. Sharma joined the Indian Army as a Commissioned Officer in December 1966. As a young Captain, he fought in the 1971 India-Pakistan war and was part of the airborne assault group, the first Indian Army unit to enter erstwhile East Pakistan capital Dhaka.
During his 40-year-long distinguished service in the army, besides commanding a battalion on the India-China border, he was part of the Sino-Indian Working Group and coordinated counter-insurgency operations in the north-east region with civil agencies and inter-ministerial delegations.
As Director General (Perspective Planning) in the Army Headquarters, Sharma worked on the restructuring of the army headquarters and assisted in drafting the ‘Army Vision 2020′ document.
Politicians, civil society groups, youth and students’ unions have criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government for frequent transfers of governors in Mizoram.
The Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), an apex body of students’ organisations, earlier staged a series of demonstrations in front of Raj Bhavan and central government offices and raised slogans, accusing the National Democratic Alliance government of using Mizoram as the “gubernatorial dumping ground”. (IANS)

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