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New Delhi, Feb 12: Four BJP leaders and former Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer, who was part of the Constitution bench that upheld the archaeological report on Ayodhya, were among six new faces appointed as governors on Sunday.

This comes as the resignations of Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and lieutenant governor of Ladakh RK Mathur have been accepted by President Droupadi Murmu.

The President of India appoints Lakshman Prasad Achary as the new Governor of Sikkim. Lakshman Acharya is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP.

Lakshman Acharya is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from the Varanasi Division Graduates Constituency in the Varanasi district.


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Here’s a list of the reshuffles and the appointments made by the President:

  • Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik is now the governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Lakshman Prasad Acharya has taken over as governor of Sikkim.
  • C.P. Radhakrishnan has become the governor of Jharkhand.
  • Shiv Pratap Shukla is the new governor of Himachal Pradesh.
  • Gulab Chand Kataria has been appointed as governor of Assam.
  • Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer will take charge as governor of Andhra Pradesh.
  • Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, the governor of Andhra Pradesh has been appointed as governor of Chhattisgarh.
  • Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, currently governor of Chhattisgarh will take over as governor of Manipur.
  • La. Ganesan, governor of Manipur will now be the governor of Nagaland
  • Phagu Chauhan, governor of Bihar is now the governor of Meghalaya
  • Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, governor of Himachal Pradesh will take over as governor of Bihar.
  • Ramesh Bais, governor of Jharkhand has been appointed as governor of Maharashtra.
    Brig. (Dr.) Shri B.D. Mishra (Retd.), governor of Arunachal Pradesh has now been appointed as Lt. governor of Ladakh.