Governors Appointed in 9 States: Jishnu Dev Varma for Telangana, Lakshman Prasad Acharya for Assam and Manipur

President Droupadi Murmu has announced the appointment of new governors in nine states and a new Lieutenant Governor for Puducherry.

Key Appointments:

• Rajasthan: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde, former Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, has been appointed as the Governor.
• Telangana: Jishnu Dev Varma, former Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura, will serve as the Governor.
• Sikkim: Om Prakash Mathur, a former Rajya Sabha MP, has been named the Governor.
• Jharkhand: Santosh Kumar Gangwar, a former Union Minister, takes on the role of Governor.
• Chhattisgarh: Ramen Deka, a former Lok Sabha MP from Assam, has been appointed as Governor.
• Meghalaya: CH Vijayashankar, a former Karnataka Minister, will serve as the Governor.
• Maharashtra: CP Radhakrishnan, the current Governor of Jharkhand, has been reassigned as Governor.
• Punjab and Chandigarh: Gulab Chand Kataria, currently the Governor of Assam, has been appointed as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
• Assam and Manipur: Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the current Governor of Sikkim, has been appointed as the Governor of Assam and given additional charge as the Governor of Manipur.
• Puducherry: Former IAS officer K Kailashnathan has been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor.

These appointments reflect a significant reshuffling of gubernatorial positions across the country, with experienced politicians and administrators taking on new roles to oversee the governance in their respective states and union territories.