President appoints 8 new Governors for few States ahead of Union Cabinet reshuffle

Ahead of the possible Union Cabinet expansion, in which around 20 new faces will likely be inducted in the Modi government, President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed new Governors for as many as eight states.

Here's the complete list of new governors who have been appointed: 

(i) Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Mizoram is transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.

(ii) Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya, Governor of Haryana is transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura.

(iii) Shri Ramesh Bais, Governor of Tripura is transferred and appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.

(iv) Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot as Governor of Karnataka.

(v) Shri Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh is transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana.

(vi) Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati as Governor of Mizoram.

(vii) Shri Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel as Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

(viii) Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar as Governor of Himachal Pradesh.