Thawarchand Gehlot: Karnataka; Hari Babu Kambhampati: Mizoram; Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel: Madhya Pradesh; Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar: Himachal Pradesh; PS Sreedharan Pillai: Goa; Satyadev Narayan Arya: Tripura; Ramesh Bais: Jharkhand, and Bandaru Dattatraya: Haryana.
Eight states, including Karnataka and Haryana among others, on Tuesday, got new governers as President Ram Nath Kovind made several appointments and changes. 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 has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka. Gehlot, 73, who had been the social justice minister since the beginning of the Narendra Modi government was also the leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. His new innings would also see a change of guard in the ruling bench of the Rajya Sabha days before the monsoon session.
Gehlot’s transfer also comes ahead of the imminent reshuffle of the Union cabinet, which is expected to take place sometime this week.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communication added that the appointments “will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.”
Former Bharatiya Janata Party state president of Andhra Pradesh, Hari Babu Kambhampati, will be the new governor of Mizoram. Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel, a former minister in Gujarat, has been appointed as governor of Madhya Pradesh, while Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, former Speaker of the Goa assembly, will be the new governor of Himachal Pradesh.
PS Sreedharan Pillai, governor of Mizoram, has been transferred and appointed as governor of Goa. Satyadev Narayan Arya, governor of Haryana, has been transferred and appointed as governor of Tripura.
Ramesh Bais, governor of Tripura has been transferred and appointed as governor of Jharkhand.
Bandaru Dattatraya, former Union labour minister and governor of Himachal Pradesh has now been transferred and appointed as governor of Haryana.