RV Arlekar moves to Tamil Nadu as Center appoints new governors for 6 states

Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu in a major reshuffle of governors by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday.

Om Prakash Mathur, Governor of Sikkim, will be the new Governor of Kerala in place of Arlekar, a communique issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Dushyant Gautam has been appointed as the Governor of Sikkim, it said.

A senior BJP leader from Jharkhand, Braj Mohan Ram, has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha.

Sudha Yadav has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka and Dhal Singh Bisen will be the Governor of Uttarakhand, the release said.

These appointments will be effective from the date they take charge of their respective offices, he added.