Oath

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann conducted his first Cabinet expansion and inducted five AAP MLAs on July 4. The Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the MLAs at Guru Nanak Dev Auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhawan. MLAs inducted are Aman Arora, Dr Inderbir Singh Najjar, Fauja Singh Sarari, Chetan Singh Jourmajra, and Anmol Gagan Mann, who is the second woman in the Cabinet.

All India NR Congress founder N Rangasamy on May 7 took oath as Puducherry Chief Minister at Raj Nivas in the presence of Lieutenant governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. At the recent concluded polls, while the AINRC won 10 seats, it's ally, BJP won six of the nine seats it contested. Interestingly as independents won record six seats, the Congress settled with just two and AIADMK failed to open mark.

Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah swore in as the new ruling emir of Kuwait on September 30 after the demise of the predecessor and half-brother Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah. Sheikh Nawaf, aged 83, took the oath at the National Assembly and promised to preserve the security of Kuwait. He had become the crown prince under Sheikh Sabah in February 2006.