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Ahead of cabinet reshuffle, Thaawar chand Gehlot appointed as Karnataka Governor, Sreedharan Pillai as Goa Governor

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Hari babu Kambhampati, former Lok Sabha member from Vishakhpatnam, has been appointed the Governor of Mizoram. Bandaru Dattatraya has been transferred from Himachal Pradesh to Haryana.

As a precursor to the cupboard reshuffle expected later in the week , the govt on Tuesday transferred or appointed governors of eight states. one among the main changes included the appointment of Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot because the Governor of Karnataka.

Gehlot, who was the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, was also the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha since 2019. His appointment as Governor has left three vacancies – within the cabinet, Rajya Sabha and therefore the BJP parliamentary board, the apex decision-making body of the party. The Union Government will need to find Gehlot’s replacement within the Upper House with the Monsoon Session of the Parliament commencing on July 19.

Apart from Gehlot, President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed three new governors. Hari Babu Kambhampati, former Lok Sabha member from Vishakhpatnam, who is additionally a member of BJP’s National Executive, has been appointed because the Governor of Mizoram.

BJP leader from Gujarat Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel has become the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Former Speaker of Goa legislature , BJP’s Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will take over because the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

The previous governors of those states are moved to other Raj Bhavans. PS Sreedharan Pillai has been transferred from Mizoram to Goa. Satyadev Narayan Arya will move from Haryana to Tripura.

Tripura’s current Governor Ramesh Bais will move to the Raj Bhavan in Jharkhand. Senior RSS leader Bandaru Dattatraya, who was serving because the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, is transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana.

The President’s communication mentioned that these appointments “will become from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices”.

A cupboard expansion and reshuffle is predicted in the week . Two years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came back to power in May 2019, the upcoming reshuffle has generated tons of speculation. In June, Modi had initiated permeance assessments of a number of the key ministries and had met a series of senior ministers and party leaders, and a few of those meetings were attended by BJP national president JP Nadda also .