Governor (designate) Shiv Pratap Shukla was given a rousing reception on his arrival at Shimla on Friday evening. He will take oath as the 29th Governor of Himachal Pradesh on 18th February, 2023 at 2 PM.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister, Mukesh Agnihotri, Speaker, Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Former Chief Minister and Leader of opposition, Jai Ram Thakur, Health & Family Welfare Minister, Dr. (Col) Dhani Ram Shandil, Horticulture Minister, Jagat Singh Negi, , Education Minister, Rohit Thakur, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister, Anirudh Singh, PWD Minister, Vikrmaditya Singh, CPS, Sunder Singh, MP & Incharge State Congress Rajeev Shukla, Congress Leader Tajinder Singh Bittu, MP & State President BJP Suresh Kashyap, Political Advisor to CM Sunil Sharma, Principal Advisor, IT & Innovation to CM, Gokul Butail, Principal Advisor Media to CM, Naresh Chauhan, MLAs, Chief Secretary, Prabodh Saxena, DGP, Sanjay Kundu, Vice Chancellors and other senior Civil and Police officers of state government and prominent persons welcomed him at Raj Bhavan.
The Chief Minister honoured him and his wife Smt. Janki Shukla with a Himachali cap and shawl.