Lt Governor Kiran Bedi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Narayanasamy and five other ministers - A Namassivayam, Malladi Krishna Rao, MOHF Shah Jahan, M Kandasamy and R Kamalakannan - at ‘Gandhi Thidal’ near the sea shore here.
While Rao, hailing from Yanam, an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh, took the oath in Telugu, others took it in Tamil. All of them are former ministers of the Union Territory.
Earlier, Puducherry Chief Secretary Manoj Parida had read out the warrant of appointment of Narayanasamy as Chief Minister of Puducherry issued by President Pranab Mukherjee. AICC General Secretary Mukul Wasnik, AICC Secretary Chinna Reddy, DMK leader K Stalin and TNCC president EVKS Ilangovan were among those present during the ceremony.