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Kailasnathan New  Lieutenant Governor for Puducherry

By our  special Correspondent

Pondichery, Aug 08 (IVC)    The   former Chief  Principal  Secretary   of Gujarat Government, Mr  Kailasnathan  has assumed the Office of  Lieutenant   Governor  of  Puducherry here  on August 07.

                He  was  the  Chief Principal Secretary to  Mr  Narendra Modi when he  was  the  Chief  Minister of Gujarat, the  official  sources  said. Kailasnathan  had maintained a close personal relationship  with Mr Narendra Modi  when the latter was the Chief  Minister of Gujarat and afterwards.  The  Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid a visit to  Kailasnathan’s house  at Puzhakkal in Thrissur, on his  way  back  after  offering prayers  at famous Sri Krishna temple  in Guruvayur re a few  years  back.

The  Acting  Chief  Justice  of Madras  High Court, Justice  D Krishnakumar  read the  Oath  of Office  to the Lieutenant Governor at  Raj Niwas  here.

                Though Kailasnathan  beloged  to Vadakara in Kozhikode District,  his  wife  Beena belonged to Thrissur.   She  is  the  daughter of  T R Raghavan, one  of the  partners of  the  Elite  Group  of Companies headquartered  in Thrissur. 

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