Governor of Tripura and acting Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Tathagata Roy and his wife Anuradha today accepted spiritual initiation from Swami Prabhananda, vice-president of the order at Belur Math Ramakrishna Mission.
71-year old, Roy told reporters that he received 'Diksha' from Swami Prabhananda at the Ramkrishna Mission at Viveknagar here.
Roy was formerly a professor at Jadavpur University, who founded the department of construction engineering there. He was also the General Manager of Metro Railway, Kolkata.
Earlier, he was also a national executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and president of the party's West Bengal unit.
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