The President of India has appointed five new Governors in various states of India i.e. Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharastra and Rajasthan.

Himachal Pradesh: Bandaru Dattatreya has been appointed as the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He has replaced Kalraj Mishra, who has been appointed as the new Governor of Rajasthan.

Maharashtra: Senior BJP leader Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.

Kerala: Former Civil Aviation minister Arif Mohammed Khan has been appointed as the new Governor of Kerala

Telangana: Tamilisai Soundararajan, the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief and the party’s national secretary, has been appointed as the new Governor of Telangana. The post was under the dual charge of E S L Narasimhan who has recently demitted office.

Rajasthan: Kalraj Mishra, the former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been appointed as the new Governor of Rajasthan.