On Sunday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan released the names of 12 Governors for states and one Lieutenant Governor for the Union Territory of Ladakh. According to a statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and Radha Krishnan Mathur as Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
Ramesh Bais, the Governor of Jharkhand, has been appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra, while Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd. ), the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, has been named as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. The notification also announced the appointment of Justice (Retd.) S Abdul Nazeer as Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Let Gen Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) has been appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshman Prasad Acharya as the Governor of Sikkim, CP Radhakrishnan as the Governor of Jharkhand, Shiv Pratap Shukla as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, and Gulab Chand Kataria as the Governor of Assam. In addition, various Governors have been appointed to different states.
“Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh has now been appointed as the Governor of Chhattisgarh. Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, the Governor of Chhattisgarh has been appointed as Governor of Manipur. La Ganesan, the Governor of Manipur has been appointed as the Governor of Nagaland. Phagu Chauhan, the Governor of Bihar has now been appointed as Governor of Meghalaya, and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh has now been appointed as Governor of Bihar, the release added.
“The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices,” the statement added.