President appoints new Governors, Naik, Kohli,Tandon and Tripathi in the list
By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 14, Jul 2014, 16:11 pm IST | UPDATED: 14, Jul 2014, 16:37 pm IST
New Delhi: Rashtrapati Bhawan today announced that President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed new Governors for five States.
BJP veteran leader Ram Naik has been chosen as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. O.P Kohli, Balramji Das Tandon and Keshari Nath Tripathi have been designated as new Governors of Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal respectively.
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has been appointed as Nagaland Governor.
Meanwhile, President has accepted the resignation of Vakkom Purushothaman, as Governor of Tripura.
President has been pleased to appoint Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya as Governor of Nagaland. Further, President has also appointed Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya, to discharge the functions of the Governor of Tripura, in addition to his own duties, until regular arrangements for the office of the Governor of Tripura are made