President Droupadi Murmu appoints new governors in six states

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday (October 12) appointed new Governors in six states as part of a major gubernatorial reshuffle, with Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar being moved to Tamil Nadu and Om Prakash Mathur appointed to Keralam.

According to a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mathur, who is currently the Governor of Sikkim, will replace Arlekar as the Governor of Keralam. Arlekar, in turn, has been appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu. Dushyant Gautam has been appointed as the new Governor of Sikkim, while senior BJP leader from Jharkhand, Braj Mohan Ram, has been named Governor of Odisha. In other appointments,



Sudha Yadav has been appointed Governor of Karnataka, and Dhal Singh Bisen will take over as the Governor of Uttarakhand.

The new appointments are:

1. Om Prakash Mathur: Keralam

2. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar: Tamil Nadu

3. Braj Mohan Ram: Odisha

4. Dr Sudha Yadav: Karnataka

5. Dr Dhal Singh Bisen: Uttarakhand

6. Dushyant Gautam: Sikkim

The appointments will take effect from the dates on which the respective appointees assume charge of their offices, the communique said.