Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais given farewell by CM Eknath Shinde, Dy CMs

Outgoing Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais was given a farewell by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his cabinet colleagues at a function at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday reported news agency PTIMaharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais who was appointed as Maharashtra governor in February 2023 would be replaced by C P Radhakrishnan who is scheduled to be sworn in on Wednesday eveningShinde accompanied by deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar felicitated Bais and his wife Rambai Bais by presenting them shawls bouquets and souvenirs reported PTIMaharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais thanked everyone for their cooperation during his tenure in MaharashtraEducation Minister Deepak Kesarkar Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik state Director General of Police Rashmi Shukla Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and Additional Chief Secretary Protocol Manisha Mhaiskar were also present on the occasion reported PTIAfterwards the Navy presented a ceremonial Guard of Honour to Bais before his departure for Raipur reported PTIRadhakrishnan will be sworn in as new governor at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan at 630 PM on Wednesday officials saidJharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan who was also holding additional charge of Telangana has been appointed as the new governor of Maharashtra succeeding incumbent Ramesh BaisMeanwhile Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the governor of Punjab under major gubernatorial appointments the Rashtrapati Bhavan has announcedAcharya has replaced Kataria who has also been appointed the administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh according to a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday nightPresident Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Purohit as the governor of Punjab and the administrator of Chandigarh it saidLakshman Prasad Acharya Governor of Sikkim appointed as Governor of Assam and has also been given additional charge of the Governor of Manipur the statement saidAnusuiya Uikye has been serving as the governor of Manipur since February last yearVeteran BJP leader Om Prakash Mathur will be the new governor of Sikkim the communique saidFormer Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar will be the new Jharkhand governor in place of RadhakrishnanFormer Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura Jishnu Dev Varma will be the new Telangana governorFormer IAS officer K Kailashnathan one of the trusted aides of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been appointed as Lt Governor of Puducherry with effect from the date he assumes charge of his officeKailashnathan chief principal secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel stepped down on June 30 after holding the post for more than a decade after his retirementSenior BJP leader from Maharashtra Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed the governor of Rajasthan succeeding Kalraj MishraFormer Lok Sabha member from Assam Ramen Deka has been appointed as the Governor of Chhattisgarh and C H Vijayashankar the former Lok Sabha member from Mysore in Karnataka will be Meghalaya governor the communique saidThese appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices the statement addedWith inputs from PTI