President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed four new Governors and transferred two incumbent Governors as part of a reshuffle covering six states, bringing senior political leaders with decades of organisational, legislative and grassroots experience to constitutional posts.
The appointments include Dr Sudha Yadav as Governor of Karnataka, Dhal Singh Bisen as Governor of Uttarakhand, Braj Mohan Ram as Governor of Odisha and Dushyant Kumar Gautam as Governor of Sikkim. Om Prakash Mathur, the outgoing Governor of Sikkim, has been appointed Governor of Kerala, while Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been moved from Kerala to Tamil Nadu. Representation from Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) has emerged as a notable aspect of the reshuffle. He has served as the BJP’s national general secretary and as national president of its Scheduled Caste Morcha. He began his electoral career as a councillor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi before becoming a Rajya Sabha member.
Three of the six leaders belong to Scheduled Caste communities, while two are from OBC communities, according to the profiles provided.
Earlier reporting noted: President Murmu appoints new governors in Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Karnataka in gubernatorial reshuffle In a major gubernatorial reshuffle, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday effected new appointments of governors in four states and changed the charge of two, according to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan . Gautam’s appointment as Governor of Sikkim follows a long career in party organisation, grassroots politics and work among Dalit communities. Dhal Singh Bisen, an OBC leader from Madhya Pradesh belonging to the Bhoyar Pawar community, brings extensive legislative and administrative experience to his new role as Governor of Uttarakhand. A four-time MLA, Bisen also represented Balaghat in the Lok Sabha. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Madhya Pradesh government, handling portfolios including School Education, Forest, Transport and Mines. Braj Mohan Ram, a Dalit leader from Jharkhand belonging to the Dhobi community, has a background in farming and grassroots public life. He served as an MLA in undivided Bihar before entering Parliament. Meanwhile, Om Prakash Mathur, who was the Governor of Sikkim, has been given charge of Keralam. Mohan Ram, a former Lok Sabha MP, has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha. Sudha Yadav, who is a parliamentary board member and former Lok Sabha MP, has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka, while Dhal Singh Bisen as the Governor of Uttarakhand.
Earlier reporting noted: According to the statement, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who was the Governor of Keralam, has now been given charge of Tamil Nadu.
Earlier reporting noted: Among the new appointments, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Dushyant Gautam has been appointed as the Governor of Sikkim.
