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 (Laxman Prasad Acharya)
• Puducherry: K. Kailashnathan (Former IAS Officer)

Office of Governor

Part VI (Articles 153-162): Covers Governor’s office in the Indian Constitution.

Dual Role:

• Constitutional head of state (bound by the council of ministers' advice).
• Link between Union and State governments.

Constitutional Provisions

• Article 153: One Governor per State; can be Governor for multiple States (added by the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956).
• Article 155: Appointed by the President.
• Article 156: Holds office at the President’s pleasure. Normal term: Five years. Can resign by writing to the President.