Punjab along with 8 states get new Governors; 1 UT gets LG; Purohit’s resignation accepted after 5 months
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 28,2024
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday accepted the resignation of Banwari Lal Purohit as governor of Punjab and Union territory of Chandigarh.
New appointments
The President made the following appointments of Governors:
- Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed as governor of Rajasthan.
- Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed as governor of Telangana.
- Om Prakash Mathur has been appointed as governor of Sikkim.
- Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been appointed as governor of Jharkhand.
- Ramen Deka has been appointed as governor of Chhattisgarh.
- CH Vijayashankar has been appointed as governor of Meghalaya.
- CP Radhakrishnan, currently governor of Jharkhand with additional charge of Telangana, has been appointed as governor of Maharashtra.
- Gulab Chand Kataria, currently governor of Assam, has been appointed as governor of Punjab and Chandigarh.
- Lakshman Prasad Acharya, currently governor of Sikkim, has been appointed as governor of Assam and given additional charge as governor of Manipur.
In addition to this he President of India has also appointed K. Kailashnathan as Lt. Governor of Puducherry with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
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