New Delhi, October 12, 2026: President Droupadi Murmu today appointed six new governors, including for Odisha, Karnataka and Kerala.
Braj Mohan Ram, a senior BJP leader from Jharkhand and former MP from Palamu, has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha to replace Hari Babu Kambhampati.
Kambhampati was Mizoram Governor before being appointed as the Governor of Odisha in December 2024.
A former Lok Sabha member from Mahendragarh, Haryana Dr Sudha Yadav is appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka. Yadav is a member of the Parliamentary Board of the BJP. She is the second woman to hold the position after late Sushma Swaraj.
Yadav will succeed Thaawarchand Gehlot. Gehlot, a former Union minister, had been the Karnataka Governor since July 11, 2021.
Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Arlekar, who was sworn in as Keralam Governor on January 2 last year, had been holding the additional charge of Tamil Nadu since March 12 this year.
Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur will be the new Governor of Keralam in place of Arlekar, a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
Mathur was appointed Sikkim Govenor on July 27, 2024.
Senior BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha member Dushyant Gautam has been appointed as the new Sikkim Governor in place of Mathur.
Dr Dhal Singh Bisen will be the new Uttarakhand Governor. Bisen is a senior BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh and a former Balaghat MP. He was also a Cabinet minister in the MP government from 2003 to 2005.
Bisen succeeds Lt General Gurmit Singh. Singh had assumed the office on September 15, 2021.
