3 North East states get new governors

Agartala | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

Summary:

Senior BJP leader Lal Ji Tandon will replace Malik. It added that Bihar governor Satya Pal Malik, who has been transferred to Jammu and Kashmir, will replace NN Vohra. SHILLONG/AGARTALA: In a major reshuffle, President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday changed the governors of seven states out of which three are from the northeast.While Meghalaya governor Ganga Prasad has been trasferred to Sikkim, Tripura governor Tathagata Roy has been asked to take charge of Meghalaya. Kaptan Singh Solanki, the governor of Haryana, has been sent to Tripura. "The appointments will take effect from the dates the incumbents assume charge of their respective offices," a release issued by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi, said this evening..