Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who was holding an additional charge as Punjab Governor. He will now be the full-fledged Governor according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan communique.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed new Governors of Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand.
Nagaland Governor R.N. Ravi will be the new Governor of Tamil Nadu, and Assam Professor Jagdish Mukhi will hold additional charge of Nagaland “until regular arrangements are made”.
The President has also accepted the resignation of Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya. Appointed Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (retd) in her place, the communique said.
All these appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices, it said.
A highly-decorated officer, Lt Gen Singh superannuated from the Army in February 2016 after nearly four decades of service, during which he held prestigious appointments of deputy chief of Army Staff, adjutant general, and corps commander of strategic XV Corps that overlooks the Line of Control in Kashmir.
Maurya resigned from her post on Wednesday, citing personal reasons.
She put in her papers two years before completing her term, fuelling speculations that she may take the political plunge in Uttar Pradesh.
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