President Murmu appoints Governors of six states, Arlekar moves to Tamil Nadu

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday announced a major reshuffle of Governors across six states, appointing Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar as Governor of Tamil Nadu and transferring Om Prakash Mathur from Sikkim to Kerala.

According to a communiqué issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, Braj Mohan Ram has been appointed Governor of Odisha, Sudha Yadav of Karnataka, Dhal Singh Bisen of Uttarakhand and Dushyant Gautam of Sikkim.

The appointments will take effect from the dates the respective appointees assume charge of their offices, the President's Secretariat said.

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Arlekar, who was serving as Governor of Kerala, has been appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu. He had already been discharging the functions of Tamil Nadu Governor since March, following the appointment of R N Ravi as Governor of West Bengal.

A former Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Arlekar has previously served as Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Bihar. His appointment formally places him at the helm of Raj Bhavan in Tamil Nadu.

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Om Prakash Mathur, who had been serving as Governor of Sikkim since July 2024, will succeed Arlekar in Kerala.

Mathur is a veteran BJP leader from Rajasthan and a former Rajya Sabha member. His transfer to Kerala forms part of the wider reshuffle involving existing Governors and fresh appointments to constitutional offices.

Dushyant Gautam, a former BJP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha member, has been appointed Governor of Sikkim in Mathur's place.

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In Odisha, Braj Mohan Ram, a former Lok Sabha member from Palamu in Jharkhand, will succeed Hari Babu Kambhampati as Governor. Ram is a three-time former BJP parliamentarian.

Sudha Yadav, a former BJP MP from Mahendragarh in Haryana and a member of the party's parliamentary board, has been appointed Governor of Karnataka. She will succeed Thaawarchand Gehlot.

Dhal Singh Bisen, a former Lok Sabha member from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, has been named Governor of Uttarakhand, replacing Lieutenant General (retired) Gurmit Singh.

Gautam's appointment as Governor of Sikkim completes the list of six gubernatorial changes announced by the President.

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The Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué did not specify separate dates for the swearing-in ceremonies.

It clarified that all six appointments would become effective when the newly appointed Governors formally assumed charge of their respective offices.

The reshuffle involves the transfer of two serving Governors and the appointment of four other individuals to gubernatorial posts across the six states.