President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday appointed new Governors for as many as eight states. This move came ahead of the possible Union Cabinet expansion in the Modi government.
AP BJP senior leader Kambhampati Haribabu has been appointed as the Governor of Mizoram. Union Minister Thawarchand Gehlot to take over as the next Governor of Karnataka. He is currently the Cabinet Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment in India.
Here is a list of new governors in eight states:
1. Hari Babu Kambhampati has been appointed as the Governor of Mizoram.
2. Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana.
3. Union minister Thawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka.
4. Ramesh Bais, Governor of Tripura, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.
5. Satyadev Narayan Arya, Governor of Haryana, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura.
6. PS Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Mizoram, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.
7. Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel has been named the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
8. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to take charges as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
If a reshuffle in the Union Cabinet takes place, then it will be the first time the Cabinet will be expanded, since the Narendra Modi government came to power in May 2019.