The newly-appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Ram Naik, will assume his charge on Tuesday.The spokesman of the Raj Bhawan said here on Sunday that Naik would arrive in the state capital at 1 pm and would be administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court at 5 pm at Gandhi Sabhagar of the Raj Bhawan.The same day the acting Governor of the state, Dr Aziz Qureshi, will leave for Dehradun.
Dr Qureshi was given the dual charge of UP and Uttarakhand after Bl Joshi tendered his resignation.Meanwhile, newly appointed Governor of West Bengal, Keshri Nath Tripathi, will take the oath of office at Kolkata Raj Bhawan on July 24. Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Manoj Mishra said that Tripathi would leave for Kolkata from Allahabad on July 22.