President Draupadi Murmu has appointed governors in various states.
Recent appointments of governors
- Rajasthan: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde (Former Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly)
- Telangana: Jishnu Dev Varma (Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura)
- Sikkim: Om Prakash Mathur (Former Rajya Sabha MP, Rajasthan)
- Jharkhand: Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Former Union Minister)
- Chhattisgarh: Ramen Deka (Former Lok Sabha MP, Assam)
- Meghalaya: C.H. Vijay Shankar (Former Minister, Karnataka)
- Maharashtra: C.P. Radhakrishnan (former governor of Jharkhand)
- Punjab: Gulab Chand Kataria (former governor of Assam)
- Chandigarh: Gulab Chand Kataria (administrator)
- Assam: Laxman Prasad Acharya (former governor of Sikkim)
- Manipur: Additional charge (Lakshman Prasad Acharya)
- Puducherry: K. Kailashnathan (former IAS officer)
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Office of Governor
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- Part VI (Articles 153-162): Covers Governor’s office in the Indian Constitution.
- Dual Role:
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- Constitutional head of state (bound by council of ministers’ advice).
- Link between Union and State governments.
- Constitutional Provisions
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- Article 153: One Governor per State; can be Governor for multiple States (added by 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956).
- Article 155: Appointed by the President.
- Article 156:
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- Holds office at the President’s pleasure.
- Normal term: Five years.
- Can resign by writing to the President.
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