New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has appointed six new governors and reshuffled three others, according to a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday night.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde appointed as Governor of Rajasthan.
Jishnu Dev Varma appointed as Governor of Telangana.
Om Prakash Mathur appointed as Governor of Sikkim.
Santosh Kumar Gangwar appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.
Ramen Deka appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh.
C H Vijayashankar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya.
Deka replaces Biswabhusan Harichandan, a former Odisha minister who has been serving as its 9th Governor of Chhattisgarh since February last year.
RESHUFFLE
Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Governor of Sikkim, has been appointed as the Governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur. He replaces Anusuiya Uikye, who has been serving as Manipur Governor since February last year.
Jharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan, who was also holding additional charge of Telangana, has been appointed as the new governor of Maharashtra, succeeding incumbent Ramesh Bais.
Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor of Assam, has been appointed Governor of Punjab and also as Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, replacing Banwarilal Purohit whose resignation has been accepted by the President.
Similarly, Former IAS Officer of Gujarat-cadre K Kailashnathan has been appointed as Lt Governor of Puducherry.
“The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices,” it added.
