President Murmu Appoints New Governors.

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed several new governors and reassigned others across various states, as announced by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been named the governor of Assam, with the additional charge of Manipur, while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the governor of Punjab.

Acharya succeeds Kataria, who has also been appointed the administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, according to the communique issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday night. President Murmu has accepted the resignation of Banwarilal Purohit as governor of Punjab and administrator of Chandigarh.

The statement said, “Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Governor of Sikkim, has been appointed as Governor of Assam and given additional charge of Governor of Manipur.”

Anusuiya Uikye has been serving as the governor of Manipur since February last year. Veteran BJP leader Om Prakash Mathur will be the new governor of Sikkim.

Jharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan, who also held additional charge of Telangana, has been appointed as the new governor of Maharashtra, succeeding Ramesh Bais. Former Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar will replace Radhakrishnan as the governor of Jharkhand.

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura, Jishnu Dev Varma, will be the new governor of Telangana. Former IAS officer K Kailashnathan, a trusted aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been appointed as the Lt. Governor of Puducherry, effective from the date he assumes office. Kailashnathan, who was the Chief Principal Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, stepped down on June 30 after holding the post for over a decade since his retirement.

Senior BJP leader from Maharashtra, Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde, has been appointed the governor of Rajasthan, succeeding Kalraj Mishra. Former Lok Sabha member from Assam, Ramen Deka, has been appointed as the governor of Chhattisgarh, and C H Vijayashankar, former Lok Sabha member from Mysore in Karnataka, will be the governor of Meghalaya.

These appointments will take effect from the dates they assume their respective offices, the statement added.