In main gubernatorial appointments and reshuffles, President Droupadi Murmu has appointed former Union minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar as the brand new governor of Jharkhand succeeding CP Radhakrishnan, who would be the new governor of Maharashtra, in accordance with a communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Each Jharkhand and Maharashtra, together with Haryana, are scheduled to go for meeting elections later this 12 months.
The president has additionally appointed Gulab Chand Kataria because the governor of Punjab, changing Banwarilal Purohit who had resigned earlier this 12 months citing private causes, and introduced Lakshman Prasad Acharya because the governor of Assam with the extra cost of Manipur, the communique issued past-midnight on Saturday mentioned.
“These appointments will take impact from the dates they are going to assume cost of their respective workplaces,” the assertion mentioned.
Acharya has changed Kataria, who has additionally been appointed the administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, because the governor of Assam. “Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Governor of Sikkim, appointed as Governor of Assam and has additionally been given further cost of the Governor of Manipur,” the assertion added.
In Manipur, Anusuiya Uikye has been serving because the governor since February final 12 months.
“Hon’ble Shri Laxman Acharya Ji has devoted his life empowering the poor. He has a wealthy organisational & legislative expertise with a wonderful tenure because the Governor of Sikkim,” Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma posted on X. “I’m assured he might be an excellent Governor for our state.”
In Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP)-led state authorities and the Raj Bhavan underneath Purohit have been at loggerheads over numerous points, together with the calling of an meeting session and appointments of vice-chancellors of state-run universities. On Sunday, chief minister Bhagwant Mann mentioned he’ll welcome Kataria and can work in coordination with him.
“The president has appointed the brand new governor. We’ll welcome the brand new governor. We’ll work collectively,” Mann instructed reporters in Chandigarh. The AAP chief mentioned he revered Purohit however the latter tried to create an “ambiance of battle” within the state.
President Murmu accepted the resignation of Purohit, who put in his papers in February this 12 months because the governor of Punjab and the administrator of Chandigarh.
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief Om Prakash Mathur will change Acharya because the governor of Sikkim whereas Radhakrishnan, who was additionally holding further cost of Telangana, will succeed Ramesh Bais because the governor of Maharashtra.
Former Union labour and employment minister and veteran BJP chief Santosh Gangwar expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on being appointed as the brand new governor of poll-bound Jharkhand.
“The social gathering has all the time given me all the things with out asking for it. Now they’ve expressed their belief in me by making me the Governor. I’m additionally grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this,” Gangwar, the eight-time Lok Sabha MP from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, instructed reporters.
In line with the Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, former Tripura deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Varma would be the new Telangana governor. Former IAS officer Ok Kailashnathan has been appointed as Lt Governor of the UT of Puducherry.
Senior BJP chief from Maharashtra Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed the governor of Rajasthan, succeeding Kalraj Mishra. Rajasthan chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma congratulated Bagde for being appointed because the governor, in a submit on X, saying: “…Beneath your patronage and steering, Rajasthan state will quickly progress in direction of turning into a developed Rajasthan.”
Former Assam lawmaker Ramen Deka and former Lok Sabha MP from Mysore in Karnataka CH Vijayashankar have been appointed as governors of Chhattisgarh and Meghalaya, respectively, the communique mentioned.