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President appoints 7 new governors

 22nd August, 2018
Category: National

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed governors for seven states — Bihar, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Meghalaya, and Tripura. Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred from Bihar to Jammu and Kashmir to replace NN Vohra, while senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon has been appointed the Governor of Bihar, replacing Malik. Kaptan Singh Solanki, the Governor of Haryana, has been transferred to Tripura, while Satyadev Narayan Arya will be the new Haryana governor. Tripura governor Tathagata Roy has been transferred to Meghalaya, and Ganga Prasad, the Governor of Meghalaya, has been transferred to Sikkim. Baby Rani Maurya will be the new Governor of Uttarakhand. The seven newly-appointed governors are Satya Pal Malik (Jammu & Kashmir), Tathagata Roy (Meghalaya), Lalji Tandon (Bihar), Ganga Prasad (Sikkim), Kaptan Singh Solanki (Tripura)
Satyadev Narayan Arya (Haryana), Baby Rani Maurya (Uttarakhand).


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