Satya Pal Malik Transferred To Meghalaya, Bhagat Singh Koshyari Given Additional Charge As Goa Governor

The development comes days after a war or words had broken out between Goa CM Pramod Sawant and Governor Satya Pal Malik over Covid-19 management.

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Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik was on Tuesday appointed as Governor of Meghalaya, while Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was given additional charge of Goa. Malik will replace Tathagata Roy in Meghalaya. The development comes days after a war or words had broken out between Goa CM Pramod Sawant and Governor Satya Pal Malik over Covid-19 management. President Ramnath Kovind on Tuesday announced the rejig in an official communiqué. It read: "Shri Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Goa is transferred and appointed as Governor of Meghalaya. And Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor of Maharashtra to discharge the functions of the Governor of Goa in addition to his own duties." EXPLAINED | From WSJ Revelations To Blame Games Between BJP-Congress; All About Facebook Hate Speech Controversy "The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices," President Office added. If reports are to be believed, it is said that Satyapal Malik shared tense terms with Goa Chief Minister as the Governor had raised the issue of Covid mismanagement, and also raised objections on the state government's decision to construct a new Raj Bhavan. It is to be noted that Malik was appointed as the Governor of Goa on October 25, 2019. Before that he was the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir but was appointed as Goa Governor months after Article 370 was scrapped bifurcating the states into two union territories. Malik was Governor of Jammu & Kashmir from August 2018 to October 2019.