KOLKATA - Veteran BJP leader Kesri Nath Tripathi was July 24 sworn in as the new governor of West Bengal at a ceremony in the Raj Bhavan here. Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Asim Kumar Banerjee administered the oath of office to the 79-year-old Tripathi in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and senior ministers Partha Chatterjee, Amit Mitra and Firhad Hakim.