The Centre appointed Braj Mohan Ram as Governor of Odisha, Dr Sudha Yadav as Governor of Karnataka, Dr Dhal Singh Bisen as Governor of Uttarakhand
Six states get new governors: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday announced the appointment of new governors for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices, an official Press Communiqué from the President’s office said.
The Centre appointed Braj Mohan Ram as Governor of Odisha, Dr Sudha Yadav as Governor of Karnataka, Dr Dhal Singh Bisen as Governor of Uttarakhand and Dushyant Gautam as Governor of Sikkim.
Om Prakash Mathur, currently the Governor of Sikkim, has been appointed as Governor of Kerala, and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, currently the Governor of Kerala, has been appointed as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Ram, a former Lok Sabha member from Palamu, succeeds Hari Babu Kambhampati as Odisha Governor. Kambhampati took charge in January 2025.
Sudha Yadav, a former BJP MP from Mahendragarh, Haryana, and a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes, succeeds Thaawarchand Gehlot as Karnataka Governor.
Bisen, a former Lok Sabha MP from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, succeeds Lieutenant General (retired) Gurmit Singh as Uttarakhand Governor.
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Mathur, a veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, succeeds Arlekar in Kerala. He assumed office as Governor of Sikkim in July 2024.
A former Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Arlekar has also served as Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Bihar. He became Governor of Himachal Pradesh in July 2021 and assumed charge as Bihar Governor in February 2023.
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