New Delhi, Mar 5, KDC: The President of India has accepted the resignation of C. V. Ananda Bose as the Governor of West Bengal, according to an official communiqué issued on Thursday evening.
In the same order, the President approved a series of new appointments and transfers of Governors and Lieutenant Governors across several states and Union Territories, reported news agency Kashmir Dot Com.
Shiv Pratap Shukla, currently Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana, while Jishnu Dev Varma, the present Governor of Telangana, has been appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
The President has appointed Nand Kishore Yadav as the Governor of Nagaland. Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain has been appointed as the Governor of Bihar.
R. N. Ravi, who was serving as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, has been appointed Governor of West Bengal. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Kerala, will discharge the functions of the Governor of Tamil Nadu.
In another change, Kavinder Gupta, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, has been appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, while Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.
The appointments will take effect from the dates the respective appointees assume charge of their offices, the communiqué said. (KDC)
