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Congress leader N D Tiwari, who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on four occasions during the late seventies and eighties, was on Saturday sworn in as the chief minister of Uttaranchal.
Governor S S Barnala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 78-year-old Tiwari and 17 of his ministerial colleagues at a simple function in Dehra Dun.
The Congress got a wafer thin majority winning 36 seats in a House of 70 in the first ever elections after the state was carved out of UP. The party has the support of two independents.
Tiwari is not a sitting MLA of the House and has to get elected to the assembly within the next six months.
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