Satya Pal Malik replaces NN Vohra as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred to Jammu and Kashmir and he will replace N N Vohra, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique on Tuesday.

Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred to Jammu and Kashmir and he will replace N N Vohra. Photo: ANI

NEW DELHI: Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik was on Tuesday appointed the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, replacing N.N. Vohra who was in the post for more than 10 years, a communique from Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Jammu and Kashmir is currently under Governor's rule with its Assembly placed in suspended animation. Senior BJP leader Lal Ji Tandon has been appointed as the Governor of Bihar replacing Malik, and Satyadev Narayan Arya will be the new Governor of Haryana, it said. Baby Rani Maurya will be the new Governor of Uttarakhand, it said. Kaptan Singh Solanki, the Governor of Haryana, has been transferred to Tripura. Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has been transferred to Meghalaya, it said. Ganga Prasad, the Governor of Meghalaya, has been transferred to Sikkim, it said. "The appointments will take effect from the dates the incumbents assume charge of their respective offices," the communique said.