Munni Devi Shah, the elected MlA from Tharali Assembly constituency, took oath of office and secrecy on Monday at Vidhan Sabha. The Assembly Speaker Prem Chand Agarwal administered the oath to her. Immediately after the swearing-in, the Speaker said that Munni Devi is now authorised to participate in all the proceedings of the State Assembly. Munni Devi said that she would work for the development of the area she represents and fulfil the development dreams dreamt by her late husband Magan lal Shah.
Munni Devi had won the high-stake Tharali Assembly by-election in May this year when she defeated Congress candidate Jeet Ram by a margin of 1981 votes. The by-election was necessitated by the death of the sitting MlA Magan lal Shah who died of Dengue.
Among those present when the MlA took oath were the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Education Minister Arvind Pandey and MlAs-Ganesh Joshi, Harbans Kapoor, Dilip Rawat, Kedar Singh Rawat, Deshraj Karanwal, Suresh Rathore, Dhan Singh Negi, Khajan Dass , Shakti lal Shah, Umesh Sharma Kau besides the State BJP chief Ajay Bhatt.