Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot (right) administers the oath of office to Basavaraj Bommai who took over as Chief Minister of Karnataka, at Raj Bhavan, on July 28, 2021.
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Basavaraj Bommai takes oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru on July 28, 2021. He was sworn in by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot.
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Basavaraj Bommai with party colleague Jagadish Shettar, BJP central observers Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G. Kishan Reddy, then Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s political secretary M.P. Renukacharya and Prabhu B. Chauhan at K.K. Guest House before the meeting of the BJP Legislature Party in Bengaluru on July 27, 2021.
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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan watches Basavaraj Bommai greet outgoing chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa after being chosen to lead the BJP Legislature Party at a meeting in Bengaluru on July 27, 2021.
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Karnataka BJP in-charge Arun Singh greets Basavaraj Bommai after he was chosen to lead the BJP Legislature Party on July 27, 2021, replacing B.S. Yediyurappa.
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Family members pose for a photograph at Raj Bhavan before Basavaraj Bommai took the oath of office as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 28, 2021.
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Basavaraj Bommai visits Bhagwan Sree Maruthi Temple on Palace Road in Bengaluru before heading to Raj Bhavan to take oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 28, 2021.
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Basavaraj Bommai prepares to leave for Raj Bhavan after visiting the Bhagwan Sree Maruthi Temple on Palace Road in Bengaluru on July 28, 2021.
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Preparations at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru for the swearing-in ceremony of Basavaraj Bommai as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 28, 2021.
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Basavaraj Bommai washes his hand with sanitiser after visiting the Bhagwan Sree Maruthi Temple on Palace Road in Bengaluru minutes before he took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in Raj Bhavan on July 28, 2021.
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Office of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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Basavaraj Bommai enters Vidhana Soudha after taking over as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 28, 2021. At right is K. Sudhakar who was Health Minister in the outgoing Cabinet.
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