President Droupadi Murmu has nominated new governors in nine states, as well as a new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
Former Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed Governor of Rajasthan, and former Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed Governor of Telangana.
The President has appointed Om Prakash Mathur, a former Rajya Sabha MP, as Governor of Sikkim. Similarly, former Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been appointed Governor of Jharkhand, while former Assam Lok Sabha MP Ramen Deka has been named Governor of Chhattisgarh.
Former Karnataka Minister C.H. Vijayashankar has been appointed Governor of Meghalaya. C.P. Radhakrishnan, who is currently Governor of Jharkhand, has been appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has been appointed Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Similarly, Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been named Governor of Assam, with an additional charge of Governor of Manipur.
K. Kailashnathan, a former IAS official, has been appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.