Who is Thawarchand Gehlot, the nineteenth Governor of Karnataka?

Former Union Minister Thawarchand Gehlot took oath because the nineteenth Governor of Karnataka on Sunday. In a ceremony held on the Karnataka Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, Chief Justice Abhay Shreenivas Oka of the Karnataka High Court administered the oath to the successor of Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala (83) who had been in workplace since September 1, 2014.
The easy ceremony held on the Glass House within the premises of Raj Bhavan was additionally attended by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, Speaker of Legislative Assembly Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri and Chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti.
Who is Thawarchand Gehlot?
Hailing from Rupeta village in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, Gehlot was once part of Bharatiya Jana Sangh since his teenage days from 1962 until 1977 when the political arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ceased to exist.
A graduate from Vikram University in Ujjain, he then went on to turn out to be the vp and common secretary of Janta Party from his residence district and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party to carry a number of key positions within the occasion all through his political profession unfold throughout over 5 many years now.

संविधान और विधि के परिरक्षण, संरक्षण और प्रतिरक्षण , कर्नाटक राज्य की जनता की सेवा और कल्याण के लिए प्रतिबद्धता हेतु आज कर्नाटक राज्य के राज्यपाल के रूप में शपथ ली। pic.twitter.com/GLZZrowHtV
— Thawarchand Gehlot (@TCGEHLOT) July 11, 2021
The 73-year-old first turned an MLA in 1980. After serving for 3 phrases (1980-84, 1990-92, and 1993-96) within the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Gehlot was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996 to finish 4 consecutive phrases as an MP until 2009. Gehlot was picked to symbolize Madhya Pradesh IN Rajya Sabha three years after he misplaced to Sajjan Singh Verma through the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
One among the many most recognisable faces for scheduled castes within the Modi-led cabinet, he was appointed because the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2014 itself when the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) took over.
Gehlot was picked to the Upper House for the second time in 2018 together with his time period within the Rajya Sabha prolonged until 2024. He has additionally been the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha since 2019.
However, following his appointment because the Karnataka Governor final week, he resigned from three key positions –– within the cabinet, the Rajya Sabha, and the BJP parliamentary board.
Earlier, Gehlot had served as BJP’s Karnataka state-in-charge between 2006 and 2014 when he was occasion’s common secretary.
His posting because the Governor of Karnataka comes at a time when political turbulence is very speculated linked to the survival of the state authorities as talks of management change proceed, with opposition events Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) watching all developments intently within the run-up to the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in 2023.