Lagatar24 Desk
Ranchi, Feb 12: The president of India has appointed C.P. Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand who has replaced present Governor Ramesh Bais who has been shifted as Governor of Maharashtra.
C.P. Radhakrishnan is a former BJP MP from Tamil Nadu. Ramesh Bais was appointed Jharkhand Governor in July 2021. As per the press release issued by the office of the President of India changes were made in 13 states.
Ramesh Bais, the governor of Jharkhand, will take over as the new governor of Maharashtra after President Droupadi Murmu accepted Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s resignation.
“The President of India has accepted the resignations of Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and Shri Radha Krishnan Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh,” an official statement by the President’s Secretariat informed.
President Murmu also made fresh appointments for the post of Governor for several states, including Bihar, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, among other states.
Notably, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren had drawn a battleline with Ramesh Bais and accused him for disturbing his government. Hemant Soren said that Ramesh Bais created a situation of political uncertainty by creating suspension over the issue of his disqualification and he was supporting the government.
List of the new appointments:
(i) Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
(ii) Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim
(iii) CP Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand
(iv) Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh
(v) Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam
(vi) Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer as Governor of Andhra Pradesh
(vii) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh
(viii) Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur
(ix) La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland
(x) Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya
(xi) Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar
(xii) Ramesh Bais, Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra
(xiii) Brig. (Dr.) BD Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh