In a major gubernatorial reshuffle, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday effected new appointments of governors in four states and changed the charge of two, according to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan .
Meanwhile, Om Prakash Mathur, who was the Governor of Sikkim, has been given charge of Keralam.
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who was the Governor of Keralam, has now been given charge of Tamil Nadu, according to the statement.
Among the new appointments, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Dushyant Gautam has been appointed as the Governor of Sikkim. Mohan Ram, a former Lok Sabha MP, has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha. Sudha Yadav, who is a parliamentary board member and former Lok Sabha MP, has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka, while Dhal Singh Bisen as the Governor of Uttarakhand. The four new governors picked by the BJP-led Union government are in line with the party’s social engineering formula. Yadav and Bisen are both OBC leaders. Bisen was an MLA for four terms, and later was appointed as a cabinet minister in the state.
Earlier reporting noted: Om Prakash Mathur, Governor of Sikkim, will be the new Governor of Kerala in place of Arlekar, a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Earlier reporting noted: Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, as part of a major gubernatorial reshuffle effected by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday.
