President Murmu Appoints Biswa Bhushan Harichandan As Governor of Chhattisgarh; 12 States To Get New Governors

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Biswa Bhushan Harichandan as the new Governor of Chhattisgarh. According to a communiqué issued by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, President Droupadi Murmu has approved the appointments of new Governors for as many as 12 states and one Lt Governor of Union Territory. President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as the Maharashtra Governor and appointed Ramesh Bais as the new Governor. Radha Krishnan Mathur hs been appointed as the Lt. Governor of Ladakh. Here is the list of new Appointments:

The President of India is pleased to make the following appointments:-

(i) Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

(ii) Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim

(iii) Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand

(iv) Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh

(v) Shri Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam

(vi) Shri Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer as Governor of Andhra Pradesh

(vii) Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh

(viii) Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur

(ix) Shri La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland

(x) Shri Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya

(xi) Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar

(xii) Shri Ramesh Bais, Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra

(xiii) Brig. (Dr.) Shri B.D. Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh

The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.