Published Oct 12, 2026 | 11:36 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 12, 2026 | 11:36 PM
Om Prakash Mathur and Dr Sudha Yadav.
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday, 12 October, made new appointments of governors for six states: Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Odisha.
Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed to Tamil Nadu. He has held additional charge of Tamil Nadu since RN Ravi was shifted to West Bengal in March 2026.
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur will replace Arlekar in the Lok Bhavan in Keralam. A former Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, he was an RSS pracharak and general secretary who oversaw the BJP in Gujarat.
The President also appointed Braj Mohan Ram as Odisha’s Governor, Dr Sudha Yadav as Karnataka’s Governor, Dr Dhal Singh Bisen as Uttarakhand’s Governor, and Dushyant Gautam as Sikkim’s Governor.
A former BJP MP from Mahendragarh in Haryana, Dr Sudha Yadav had served as a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes. She was the second woman member — after Sushma Swaraj — of the BJP’s Parliamentary Board. Dr Yadav replaces Thaawar Chand Gehlot in the Karnataka Lok Bhavan.
She did her MSc and PhD in Chemistry at IIT Roorkee.
The appointments will take effect on the date they assume charge.
(Edited by Majnu Babu).
