NEW DELHI, Oct 12: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday approved a reshuffle of governors across several states, appointing Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu and Om Prakash Mathur to replace him in Keralam.
According to a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mathur, who is currently serving as the Governor of Sikkim, will take over as the Governor of Keralam.
Dushyant Gautam has been appointed to succeed Mathur as the Governor of Sikkim, while senior BJP leader from Jharkhand Braj Mohan Ram has been named the Governor of Odisha.
The reshuffle also includes appointments in Karnataka and Uttarakhand. Sudha Yadav has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka, while Dhal Singh Bisen will assume the office of Governor of Uttarakhand.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan communique clarified that all the appointments would become effective from the dates on which the respective appointees assume charge of their offices.
The latest changes mark a fresh reorganisation of gubernatorial responsibilities across the five states, alongside Arlekar’s transfer from Keralam to Tamil Nadu and Mathur’s move from Sikkim to Keralam.