Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu sworn in as Himachal’s 15th CM, Mukesh Agnihotri as deputy CM
Shimla, Dec 11: Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, a son of a bus driver and four-time Congress MLA, was on Sunday sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh at a ceremony here attended by senior party leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Sukhu (58), as also to Mukesh Agnihotri (60), the leader of opposition in the outgoing assembly, who will be the state’s first deputy chief minister.
The elevation of grassroots leader Sukhu, the MLA from Nadaun, marks a generational shift in the state Congress which has been under the shadow of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh who guided the party in the state for five decades. Party leaders paid floral tributes to a portrait of the six-time chief minister before the oath-taking ceremony.
