Overview
- Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh administered the oath at a ceremony in Hyderabad.
- Shukla took the oath in Telugu, with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and other senior leaders in attendance.
- He succeeds Jishnu Dev Varma, who has been appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
- The former Himachal Pradesh Governor arrived on Tuesday and was received by Revanth Reddy after being appointed by President Droupadi Murmu last week.
- In his first message, he praised Telangana’s progress and pledged to uphold constitutional duties, with an address to a joint sitting set for March 16.