Ramesh Bais Replaces Koshyari As Maharashtra Guv As Prez Appoints Governors For 12 States — Details

President Droupadi Murmu accepted resignation of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra, the President's Secretariat informed as it announced the fresh governors appointed in various states.

New Delhi: Former Jharkhand and Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais is set to replace Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Maharashtra Governor after President Droupadi Murmu accepted Koshyari's resignation from the post. "The President of India has accepted the resignations of Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and Shri Radha Krishnan Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh," an official statement by the President's Secretariat informed on Sunday.

The President has appointed governors for 12 states and new Lt. Governor for Ladakh, a Union Territory: 

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


• Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim


• C.P. Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand


• Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh


• Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam


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


• Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh


• Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur


• La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland


• Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya


• Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar


• Ramesh Bais, Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra


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

The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices, the President's Secretariat stated.

In January, Bhagat Singh Koshyari conveyed his desire to step down from his post and lead a retired life.

He expressed his sentiments to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Mumbai.

"It was an absolute honour and privilege for me to serve as the Rajya Sevak or Rajyapal of a great State like Maharashtra - the land of saints, social reformers, and valiant fighters. I can never forget the love and affection I have received from the people of Maharashtra during the last little more than 3 years. During the recent visit of the PM to Mumbai, I have conveyed to him my desire to be discharged of all political responsibilities and to spend the remainder of my life in reading, writing and other activities," the Governor told the PM, as per a press release.

Koshyari came under fire from the Opposition as well as the ruling BJP for his remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji calling him "an icon of the old era". Persons like the late Dr BR Ambedkar or Union Minister Nitin Gadkari were modern-day icons, he had said.

"Earlier, when you were asked who your icon is, the answers would be Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi. In Maharashtra, you need not look elsewhere (as) there are so many icons here. While Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is icon of the olden days, now there are BR Ambedkar and Nitin Gadkari," the outgoing Governor had said at an event in Aurangabad in November last year.

 

Koshyari, on several occasions in the past, has been criticised by the then Maha Vikas Aghadi government for statements on Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and the contributions of the Marwari-Gujarati communities to the development of the state.