Eight states got new governor as President Ram Nath Kovind made several appointments and changes on Tuesday.
The appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. Union minister and the BJP’s Rajya Sabha leader Thawarchand Gehlot have been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka.
Here is the list of governors appointed-
- P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Mizoram is transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.
- Satyadev Narayan Arya, Governor of Haryana is transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura.
- Ramesh Bais, Governor of Tripura is transferred and appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.
- Thaawarchand Gehlot as Governor of Karnataka.
- Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh is transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana.
- Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati as Governor of Mizoram.
- Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel as Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
- Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar as Governor of Himachal Pradesh.