President Droupadi Murmu Appoints New Governors In Nine States

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed six new governors and reshuffled three others as per the communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday night.

Former Maharashtra Assembly speaker Haribhau Kisanrao Badge has been appointed Governor of Rajasthan while former Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed Governor of Telangana.

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The statement said, “These appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices”.
President has appointed former Rajya Sabha MP Om Prakash Mathur as Governor of Sikkim.

Former Karnataka Minister CH Vijayashankar will serve as Governor of Meghalaya. While, CP Radhakrishnan who is presently Governor of Jharkhand has been made Governor of Maharashtra.

Similarly, former Union minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been appointed as Governor of Jharkhand while former Lok Sabha MP from Assam Ramen Deka has been made Governor of Chhattisgarh. The President of India has accepted the resignation of Shri Banwarilal Purohit as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Union territory of Chandigarh.

Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has been appointed as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union territory of Chandigarh.
Former IAS officer K Kailashnathan has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has been appointed as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

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Similarly, Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been appointed as Governor of Assam and has also been given additional charge as Governor of Manipur. Acharya, a BJP leader, was an MLC in Uttar Pradesh.