The President of India, Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and Radha Krishna Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh.
Similarly, the President has also approved appointment of new Governors in 13 states.
As per the appointments, Governor of Andhra Pradesh Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has been appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh.
Here is the complete list:
(i) Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
(ii) Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim
(iii) C.P. Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand
(iv) Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh
(v) Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam
(vi) Shri Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer as Governor of Andhra Pradesh
(vii) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh
(viii) Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur
(ix) La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland
(x) Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya
(xi) Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar
(xii) Ramesh Bais, Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra
(xiii) Brig. (Dr.) Shri B.D. Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh
" The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices," PIB reported.