- President Droupadi Murmu appoints new Governors in 12 states; new Lt. Guv appointed to Ladakh
- Six Governors appointed, seven others reshuffled. This comes in the wake of President Murmu accepting the resignations of Koshyari as Maharashtra Governor and Mathur as Ladakh L-G.
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, FEB 12
The central government appointed six new Governors while reshuffling seven others on Sunday. This comes in the wake of President Droupadi Murmu accepting the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and Radha Krishnan Mathur as the Lt. Governor of Ladakh.
ஜார்க்கண்ட் மாநில ஆளுநராகப் புதிதாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள நண்பர் @CPRBJP அவர்களுக்கு நெஞ்சார்ந்த வாழ்த்துகள்!
அரசியலமைப்புச் சட்டத்தின்படி தனது கடமைகளை நிறைவேற்றி தமிழ்நாட்டுக்குப் பெருமை சேர்த்திட விழைகிறேன்.
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Mathur has been replaced by BD Mishra, the Arunachal Pradesh Governor while Koshyari, who ruffled many feathers during his tenure as Maharashtra Governor, has been replaced by Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais. Maharashtra is a crucial state for the BJP where the party won 48 seats in alliance with the then Shiv Sena in 2019 and it wanted a relatively calm person who does not create controversies at election time.
In January, Koshyari had expressed desire before Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step down ) from his post after frequent run-ins with the former Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government in the state.
Apart from Mishra and Bais, some other Governors have been reshuffled. These are: Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has been appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh; Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikye has been appointed as Governor of Manipur; Manipur Governor La. Ganesan has been appointed as Governor of Nagaland; Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan has been appointed as Governor of Meghalaya; and Himachal Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar appointed as Governor of Bihar.
According to the communique from the Press Information Bureau, veteran BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly, Gulab Chand Kataria has been appointed the new Assam Governor. A CM aspirant, Kataria’s appointment comes ahead of the assembly election in Rajasthan slated later this year.
Two leaders from Uttar Pradesh, Lakshman Prasad Acharya, who is a Member of Legislative Council in the state and Rajya Sabha MP Shiv Pratap Shukla, a tribal and a Brahmin respectively, have also been handpicked with an eye on the Lok Sabha elections next year.
Senior leader and former Tamil Nadu MP, C.P. Radha Krishnan, has been appointed Jharkhand Governor while retired judge, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, who hails from poll-bound Karnataka, has been appointed as Andhra Pradesh Governor where the BJP is trying to get a foothold. Nazeer was the lone minority community judge on the bench that pronounced the Ram Janmabhoomi verdict.
Retired Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik has been appointed Arunachal Pradesh Governor. The decorated soldier has years of experience in the N-E, which explains his current appointment.
