Bhagat Singh Koshyari resigns; Ramesh Bais named Maharashtra governor

New Delhi: Four BJP leaders and former Supreme Court judge S Adbul 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.

According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, the resignations of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh R K Mathur have been accepted.

BJP leaders Lakshman Prasad Acharya, C P Radhakrishnan, Shiv Pratap Shukla and Gulab Chand Kataria, who is also the Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan, were nominated as governors in Sikkim, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Assam respectively.

Koshyari was replaced by Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais, while Mathur's place was given to Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig B D Mishra (retd).

Retired Supreme Court judge Nazeer was appointed governor of Andhra Pradesh and Lt Gen K T Parnaik (retd) governor of Arunachal Pradesh.

In all, the governors of 13 states have been changed.

List of governors in 13 states:

(i) Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

(ii) Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim

(iii) C.P. Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand

(iv) Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh

(v) Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam

(vi) Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer as Governor of Andhra Pradesh

(vii) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh

(viii) Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur

(ix) La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland

(x) Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya

(xi) Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar

(xii) Ramesh Bais, Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra

(xiii) Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh