Lucknow, July 28 - B.L. Joshi, who was Tuesday sworn in as the new governor of Uttar Pradesh, said he would throw open the doors of the Raj Bhavan to the public.

Joshi succeeds T.V. Rajeshwar, who bid farewell to Lucknow's Raj Bhavan Monday after completing a full-term here. He has earlier been governor of Uttarakhand and Meghalaya and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

The oath of office was administered by Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Chandra Mauli Kumar Prasad at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan.

'I have no intention of shutting the doors of Raj Bhawan, but surely we have to abide by certain limitations and constraints,' Joshi said while talking to reporters later.

Asked if he would alter the rules laid down by his predecessor Rajeshwar, who had apparently made the Governor's House, inaccessible to the public, he replied: 'I would not like to make any comment on my predecessor's working.