President Droupadi Murmu has carried out a significant reshuffle of state governors, moving constitutional heads across states and appointing new ones. The changes were announced late at night through an official communique from the President’s Office.
Among the key appointments, R. N. Ravi, who is currently the Governor of Tamil Nadu, has been appointed the new Governor of West Bengal, replacing C. V. Ananda Bose, whose resignation was accepted yesterday, by the President.
Meanwhile, Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain has been appointed as the new Governor of Bihar, according to a report by Press Trust of India (PTI).
Other key appointments
This reshuffle also includes a number of other changes involving state governors and lieutenant governors. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who is currently the Governor of Kerala, has been tasked with discharging the responsibilities of the Tamil Nadu governor, owing to the transfer of R. N. Ravi.
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Vinai Kumar Saxena, who is currently the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, has been appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, replacing Kavinder Gupta, who has been appointed the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
Taranjit Singh Sandhu, a former diplomat, has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.
In another change, Shiv Pratap Shukla, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana. He replaces Jishnu Dev Varma, who has now been appointed the Governor of Maharashtra.
Additionally, Nand Kishore Yadav has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland.
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Congress questions resignation of Bengal Governor
The sudden resignation of West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose has been criticised by the Indian National Congress party. The party believes that the resignation is suspicious, as the elections in the state are to be held in a few weeks.
The party’s leader, Jairam Ramesh, has pointed out that this is similar to the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as the new Vice President in July 2025. He believes that the West Bengal Governor was treated in the same way.
The Congress leader also pointed out that the new Governor of West Bengal, R. N. Ravi, had faced trouble in Nagaland and later in Tamil Nadu.
West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose resigned from his position yesterday. He submitted his letter of resignation to the President, PTI reported.
After his resignation, Dr Ananda Bose told PTI that he had spent enough time at the Governor's office. He served as the Governor of West Bengal for three-and-a-half years.
Dr Ananda Bose assumed the position of the Governor of the state on November 17, 2022. It is being reported that he flew to New Delhi at around 4:55 PM today and delivered his resignation letter to the President.
He was reportedly scheduled to travel to Darjeeling. However, the officers of the Governor's office eventually discovered that he had travelled to Delhi, and just after that, his resignation was announced.
