Jishnu Dev Varma appointed new Governor of Telangana

Telangana: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura, Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed as the new Telangana governor.

On Saturday, President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Jishnu Dev Varma as new governor for the state and C P Radhakrishnan, who was holding additional charge of Telangana, has been appointed as the new governor of Maharashtra.

Jishnu Dev previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of the BJP-led coalition government from 2018 to 2023. However, in the 2023 assembly elections, he lost to his rival from TIPRA Motha in the Charilam (ST) constituency in Sepahijala district.

Apart from these, Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the governor of Punjab under major gubernatorial appointments announced on Saturday night.

Acharya has replaced Kataria, who has also been appointed the administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, according to a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Purohit as the governor of Punjab and the administrator of Chandigarh, it said.

"Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Governor of Sikkim, appointed as Governor of Assam and has also been given additional charge of the Governor of Manipur," the statement said.

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed as the governor of Rajasthan, and Om Prakash Mathur will be the new governor of Sikkim.

Ramen Deka has been appointed as the governor of Chhattisgarh and C H Vijayashankar the governor of Meghalaya, the communique said.

The President of India is pleased to appoint K Kailashnathan as the Lt Governor of Puducherry with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office, it said.

These appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices.