In a clear indication of an impending cabinet reshuffle, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot, has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka among key gubernatorial changes and new appointments. Apart from Mr Gehlot, whose resignation from the union cabinet is not yet public, new appointments include BJP leaders Hari Babu Kambhampati as the new Governor of Mizoram, Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel as Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Rajendran Vishwanath Arlekar as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. Sreedharan Pillai has been transferred to Goa; Satyadev Narayan Arya, who is right now the Governor of Haryana has been transferred to Tripura as its new Governor and Ramesh Bais, currently the Tripura Governor is transferred to Jharkhand and Bandaru Dattatraya, the incumbent Governor of Himachal Pradesh has been transferred to Haryana as its new Governor. While it is a fairly extensive rejig in terms of Raj Bhavan’s, Mr Gehlot’s appointment points to an early Cabinet reshuffle exercise in New Delhi within this week. Both leaders will reach Delhi in the early evening, with Mr Rane expected to meet Home Minister Amit Shah.

Source: The Hindu July 06, 2021 07:07 UTC