Centre appoints four new governors, transfers one 

The Centre on Sunday (September 1) transferred the governor of Himachal Pradesh to Rajasthan and appointed new governors to four other states.

While Himachal Pradesh’s Governor Kalraj Mishra, a former cabinet minister under the BJP government under Modi 1.0 was transferred to Rajasthan, his place was filled by Bandaru Dattatreya, a former BJP MP from Secunderabad, according to an official statement.

Bandaru Dattatreya, former Union Minister on being appointed as Governor of Himachal Pradesh: I am thankful to PM Narendra Modi as well as Home Minister Amit Shah. They have given this responsibility to me as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh& I will work as per the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/ZlR2Wq0djp

— ANI (@ANI) September 1, 2019

Fifty-eight-year-old Tamilisai Soundararajan, the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief and the party’s national secretary, moves to Raj Bhavan in Telangana.

The post was under the dual charge of E S L Narasimhan, who was the Governor of Andhra Pradesh before its bifurcation.

He recently demitted office. Koshyari replaces Vidya Sagar Rao, whose five-year term came to an end.

Arif Mohd Khan on being appointed as Guv of Kerala: It's an opportunity to serve. Fortunate to be born in a country like India which is so vast&rich in diversity. It's a great opportunity for me to know this part of India, which forms boundary of India&is called god's own country pic.twitter.com/LZmF1FRN3Y

— ANI (@ANI) September 1, 2019

Former civil aviation minister Arif Mohammed Khan takes over as the Governor of Kerala, replacing P Sathasivam, the former chief justice of India whose five-year term came to an end.

Bhagat Singh Koshyari, a former BJP MP and chief minister of Uttarakhand was appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra.

(With inputs from agencies)