New Delhi : President Droupadi Murmu has initiated a significant gubernatorial reshuffle, appointing new governors for six Indian states including Tamil Nadu, Keralam, Karnataka, and Uttarakhand, bringing experienced political leaders into key constitutional roles.

President Droupadi Murmu has announced a significant gubernatorial reshuffle on Monday.

Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Om Prakash Mathur will take over as the new Governor of Keralam, moving from Sikkim.

Four new governors have been appointed: Dushyant Gautam for Sikkim, Sudha Yadav for Karnataka, Dhal Singh Bisen for Uttarakhand, and Braj Mohan Ram for Odisha.

The new appointees are veteran OBC and SC leaders with extensive grassroots and legislative experience.
Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, as part of a major gubernatorial reshuffle effected by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday.

Arlekar, who was sworn in as Keralam Governor on January 2 last year, had been holding the additional charge of Tamil Nadu since March 12 this year.

Key Gubernatorial Transfers
Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur will be the new Governor of Keralam in place of Arlekar, a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Mathur was appointed Sikkim Govenor on July 27, 2024.

Besides them, the President has approved appointments of four new governors.

New Appointments Across States
Senior BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha member Dushyant Gautam has been appointed as the new Sikkim Governor in place of Mathur.

Sudha Yadav has been named the Governor of Karnataka and Dhal Singh Bisen will be the new Uttarakhand Governor, the communique said.

Yadav is a member of the Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the second woman to hold the position after late Sushma Swaraj.

A former Lok Sabha member from Mahendragarh, Haryana, Yadav will succeed Thaawarchand Gehlot.

Gehlot, a former Union minister, had been the Karnataka Governor since July 11, 2021.

Profiles Of New Governors
Bisen, a senior BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, is a former MP from the state's Balaghat constituency. He was also a Cabinet minister in the MP government from 2003 to 2005.

Bisen succeeds Lt General Gurmit Singh. Singh had assumed the office on September 15, 2021.

Senior BJP leader from Jharkhand, Braj Mohan Ram, has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha.

Ram (68), a former Lok Sabha member from Jharkhand's Palamu constituency, will succeed Hari Babu Kambhampati.

Kambhampati was Mizoram Governor before being appointed as the Governor of Odisha in December 2024.

Significance Of The Appointments
These appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices, the communique said.

All four new governors -- Gautam, Yadav, Bisen and Ram -- are veteran OBC and SC leaders having decades of grassroots, electoral and legislative experience from across the heartland states of the country.