President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday appointed four new Governors for Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Meghalaya. Two existing Governors were also transferred. Droupadi Murmu, JP Rajkhowa, Tathagata Roy and V Shanmuganathan are appointed as Governors of Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Meghalaya, respectively.
lt.General (retired) Nirbhay Sharma, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh was transferred to Mizoram. Sayed Ahmed, Governor of Jharkhand was transferred to Manipur.
Tatahgata Roy is a BJP national executive member and former State president of West Bengal. Shanmughanathan, hailing from Tamil Nadu is BJP's Parliamentary Party secretary for the past five years. Former Minister Droupadi Murmu is a senior leader of BJP from Odisha. JP Rajkhowa is a 1968 batch IAS officer and former Chief Secretary of Assam.