Gujarat Governor OP Kohli will be taking the additional charge of Madhya Pradesh on September 8, a day after 89-year old Ram Naresh Yadav demits his office.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Justice Rajendra Menon will administer the oath of office to Kohli, on September 8, a Raj Bhawan official said.
Yadav, a UPA appointee, had come under the scanner after he was accused of rigging a forest guard recruitment test conducted by the infamous Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (Vyapam) in 2015.
MP Special Task Force earlier probing Vyapam scam had booked the Governor for fraud and under other sections of the IPC. Thereafter, he moved the MP High Court for quashing the FIR against him.
In May 2015, the High Court quashed the FIR against him, holding that he enjoyed immunity against prosecution while in office.