https://indianpolitics.co/tags/uttarakhand/Recent content in Uttarakhand on Indian PoliticsHugoen-INTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:06:20 +0530https://indianpolitics.co/news/2026/10/governors-reshuffle-six-states-president-murmu-appoints/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:06:20 +0530https://indianpolitics.co/news/2026/10/governors-reshuffle-six-states-president-murmu-appoints/<p>President Droupadi Murmu on Monday, 12 October 2026, appointed Governors for six states, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique reported by The Hindu and The Indian Express.</p> <h2 id="the-appointments">The appointments</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Tamil Nadu:</strong> Rajendra Arlekar, who had held additional charge of Tamil Nadu alongside Keralam, becomes full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu.</li> <li><strong>Keralam:</strong> O.P. Mathur, until now Governor of Sikkim, is appointed Governor of Keralam in place of Mr Arlekar.</li> <li><strong>Karnataka:</strong> Sudha Yadav is appointed Governor, replacing Thawarchand Gahlot, according to The Hindu.</li> <li><strong>Odisha:</strong> Braj Mohan Ram (spelt &ldquo;Brij Mohan Ram&rdquo; by The Hindu) is appointed Governor.</li> <li><strong>Uttarakhand:</strong> Dhal Singh Bisen is appointed Governor.</li> <li><strong>Sikkim:</strong> Dushyant Gautam is appointed Governor.</li> </ul> <h2 id="background-of-the-appointees">Background of the appointees</h2> <p>According to The Hindu, Ms Yadav is a former Lok Sabha member from Mahendragarh, Haryana (1999–2004), and was a member of the BJP&rsquo;s Parliamentary Board from August 2022 until the new team under party president Nitin Nabin took charge. Mr Ram was a Lok Sabha member for Palamau, Jharkhand, between 1996 and 2004. Mr Bisen is a former MP from Madhya Pradesh and has served as a minister in the state government. Mr Gautam is a former Rajya Sabha member and served as BJP general secretary under J.P. Nadda&rsquo;s presidency. The Hindu reports that Mr Bisen succeeds Lt. Gen. (retd) Gurmeet Singh, whose five-year term in Uttarakhand ended in September.</p>