New Delhi (06.07.2021): Amid reshuffle talks in the Union cabinet, changes in the gubernatorial assignments have been enacted by the government. Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka making one more vacancy in the Union cabinet.

Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot (73) is a prominent Dalit leader from Madhya Pradesh. He served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Modi government. Besides, he also served as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha.

The government has also appointed Kambhampati Hari Babu as the new Governor of Mizoram, Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel as Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Rajendran Vishwanath Arlekar as Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

PS Sreedharan Pillai has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa. Satyadev Narayan Arya has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura. Ramesh Bais will take over as the Governor of Jharkhand. Former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya has been appointed as Governor of Haryana.