President appoints Governors in 6 states, Rajendra Arlekar gets Tamil Nadu

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed governors for six states, giving Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar full-time charge of Tamil Nadu and moving Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur to Keralam.Braj Mohan Ram will be Governor of Odisha, Sudha Yadav of Karnataka, Dhal Singh Bisen of Uttarakhand and Dushyant Gautam of Sikkim, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said.The appointments take effect when they assume charge.Arlekar, a former Goa Assembly Speaker who has served as Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Bihar, will now be Tamil Nadu’s regular Governor. He had held additional charge of Tamil Nadu since March, when RN Ravi was moved to West Bengal. During this period, he administered the oath of office to Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.Mathur succeeds Arlekar in Keralam. A veteran BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan, he took charge as Sikkim Governor in July 2024.FOUR NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED Ram, a former Lok Sabha MP from Palamu, replaces Hari Babu Kambhampati in Odisha. Kambhampati had taken charge in January 2025.Yadav, a former BJP MP from Mahendragarh and former member of the National Commission for Backward Classes, succeeds Thaawarchand Gehlot in Karnataka. She will be the state’s second woman Governor after VS Ramadevi, who held office from 1999 to 2002.Bisen, a former Lok Sabha MP from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, replaces Lt General (retired) Gurmit Singh in Uttarakhand.Gautam, a former BJP national general secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP, succeeds Mathur in Sikkim.The communique does not specify new assignments for Kambhampati, Gehlot or Gurmit Singh.- Ends