INDIA. Mumbai: Ramesh Bais (76), who served as the Governor of Jharkhand, became the new Maharashtra Governor after President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Bhagat Singh Koshyari, amid a reshuffle of the governors of 13 states, as per a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué on Sunday.
Koshyari’s exit comes following a controversy over his remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and his term continued to be controversial till Uddhav Thackeray was the chief minister of Maharashtra. In a statement issued on January 23, Koshyari (80) stated that he had expressed his desire to step down from political responsibilities to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the latter’s recent visit to Mumbai.
Koshyari had a saga of controversies, which included officiating the swearing-in ceremony of Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) and Ajit Pawar (NCP) as the CM and the DCM, respectively, early in the morning on November 23, 2019. That government lasted for three days, and subsequently, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was formed after the matter reached the Supreme Court.
Besides, Koshyari had held over the appointment of 12 names recommended by the MVA government for nomination to the Maharashtra Legislative Council for over one and a half years. The names were recommended in November 2020.
“Big win for Maharashtra! The resignation of the anti-Maharashtra Governor has finally been accepted!” tweeted Aaditya Thackeray (Shiv Sena, UBT).
Ramesh Bais
Bais was serving as the Governor of Jharkhand before the massive reshuffle order on Sunday. He also served as the Governor of Tripura from 2019 to 2021. Besides, he served in the cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the union minister of state for environment and forests. A Madhya Pradesh politician began his political career in civic elections. He was elected to Parliament from Raipur for the first time in 1989.
Other reshuffles
Lt. General (Retd.) Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik has been appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, while Lakshman Prasad Acharya will be the Governor of Sikkim. CP Radhakrishnan will be the Governor of Jharkhand, and Shiv Pratap Shukla will be the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. Gulab Chand Kataria has been appointed as Governor of Assam; Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer, as Governor of Andhra Pradesh, and Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, the current Governor of Andhra Pradesh, has been sent to Chhattisgarh.
Anusuiya Uikye, the Governor of Chhattisgarh, will now be the Governor of Manipur, while La. Ganesan, the Governor of Manipur, has been appointed as the Governor of Nagaland. Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan has been appointed as Governor of Meghalaya. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been appointed Governor of Bihar.
After Radha Krishnan Mathur’s resignation was accepted by the President, the Lt. Governor of Ladakh was given to BD Mishra (Ret.), who was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
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