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President Ram Nath Kovind Appoints new Governor for 7 States on 21st August 2018
President of India Appoints new Governor for 7 States (Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Haryana, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Sikkim) on 21st August 2018
The President of India appointed the New Governors of seven states in India.
According to an official statement, the appointments will be effective from the dates the incumbents take charge of their respective offices.
Governors of states are chosen by the President of India for a term of five years.
- Satya Pal Malik, the former Governor of Bihar, has been transferred to Jammu and Kashmir. Satya Pal Malik will be the first career politician to be appointed to the position in the last 51 years.
- Lal Ji Tandon has been appointed as the new Governor of Bihar. Lal Ji Tandon is a BJP leader from Lucknow.
- Former Governor of Meghalaya, Ganga Prasad, has been appointed as the new Governor of Sikkim. Ganga Prasad was a member of the legislative council in Bihar for 18 years and a former leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly.
- Tathagata Roy has been transferred as the new Governor of Meghalaya. He was earlier the Governor of Tripura. Tathagata Roy Known for his Pro-Hindutva views and some extremely controversial statements.
- The current Governor of Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki has been appointed as the new Governor of Tripura.
- Satyadev Narayan Arya has been made the new Governor of Haryana.
- Baby Rani Maurya has been made the new Governor of Uttarakhand.
