Major Shake-up in Governor Posts Across India

The Voice of Chandigarh News:

The President of India has accepted the resignation of Banwarilal Purohit as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Union Territory of Chandigarh.

The President of India is also pleased to make the following appointments of Governors: –       

(i)   Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde appointed as Governor of Rajasthan.

(ii)       Jishnu Dev Varma appointed as Governor of Telangana.

(iii)      Om Prakash Mathur appointed as Governor of Sikkim.

(iv)      Santosh Kumar Gangwar appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.

(v)        Ramen Deka appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh.

(vi)       C H Vijayashankar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya.

(vii)     C.P. Radhakrishnan, Governor of Jharkhand with Additional Charge of Telangana, appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.

(viii)   Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor of Assam, appointed as Governor of Punjab and has also been appointed as Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

(ix)     Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Governor of Sikkim, appointed as Governor of Assam and has also been given additional charge of the Governor of Manipur.

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