President Ram Nath Kovind on July 6 appointed new Governors for eight states. While many governors were transferred to new states, others were new appointments.
The reshuffle of Governors comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected cabinet expansion. Among the new appointments, Union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot is the new Governor of Karnataka.
Gehlot, a Rajya Sabha member, served as cabinet minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Modi government before the new posting. Prime Minister Modi’s Union cabinet is expected to get a reshuffle with the addition of new ministers on July 8.
The expansion, first of the PM Modi's second term, is likely to factor in representation from the five poll-bound states and also the 2024 general election.
Top among the probables, Jyotiraditya Scindia, who left the Congress last year ahead of regime change in Madhya Pradesh, Sarbananda Sonowal, who was replaced by Himanta Biswa Sarma as Assam Chief Minister after the BJP won a second term in the northeastern state in May and former Chief Minister of Maharshtra Narayan Rane were in Delhi on July 6 fueling the reshuffle buzz.
Among others, Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati is the new Governor of Mizoram. PS Sreedharan Pillai, the present Governor of Mizoram has been transferred to Goa and Satyadev Narayan Arya has been appointed as Governor of Tripura, a transfer from Haryana.
Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais has been transferred to Jharkhand while Bandaru Dattatraya, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, will take over as Governor of Haryana.
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