Gulab Chand Kataria has become the new Punjab Governor and Chandigarh administrator.

Gulab Chand Kataria takes oath as new Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator: Following the resignation of Banwarilal Purohit, Gulab Chand Kataria has become the new Punjab Governor and Chandigarh administrator. Kataria took oath as Punjab Governor on Wednesday wherein Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also present. 

Punjab Chief Minister welcomed the newly appointed Governor Gulab Chand Kataria as he is looking forward to work together for Punjab.

A few days ago Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said that he had called up Gulab Chand Kataria and welcomed him to the state. 

“I called him in the morning and told him that we are Punjabis and hospitable by nature. He told me that he will take oath on July 31. There are so many issues in which the Governor and the government has to work together. For instance, for appointing vice-chancellors of universities, the Governor and government have to be on the same page. If we work on cross-roads then it seems that parallel government is being run,” he had said.

In the meanwhile, Banwarilal Purohit had given a statement on Friday that he “may have resigned as the CM did not want him to stay.” To this, CM Mann said, “How can I force a Governor to resign? I have accorded him all respect. He is a buzurg (an elderly man) and I always touched his feet. But when there is a conflict of interest then what can I do? For instance, when I went on two days visit to Jalandhar, as promised by me to the residents of Doaba and Majha, Chief Secretary and DGP were not there. They were with him because he was visiting the border districts."

"We sought an exemption for them from the Governor, but he insisted that he will need them. How could he run parallel meetings? Before that he had refused to allow budget session. We went to the Supreme Court, even then he decided not to acknowledge our session. President has now changed him,” he said, adding that the government will now prorogue the Budget session of 2024-25. “We had not got it prorogued from him (Purohit). Now, when the new Governor will take over, we will prorogue the session. We will send the file to the Raj Bhawan today,” he added.