12 October,2026 10:37 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
President Droupadi Murmu. File Pic
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed six Governors, including four new appointees and two incumbents who have been transferred to new states, assigning fresh responsibilities to senior political leaders and experienced public representatives.
The appointments include four new Governors, Dr Sudha Yadav, Dhal Singh Bisen, Braj Mohan Ram and Dushyant Kumar Gautam, while Om Prakash Mathur and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar have been transferred from their existing gubernatorial assignments to new states.
The appointments bring leaders with extensive political, organisational, legislative and grassroots experience to constitutional positions.
Of the six leaders appointed or assigned new gubernatorial responsibilities, three belong to Scheduled Caste communities and two to Other Backward Classes (OBCs), according to the profiles provided. The four newly appointed Governors are senior BJP leaders who have served the party in various organisational capacities at the local, state and national levels for periods ranging from 25 to 45 years, IANS reported.
Under the reshuffle, Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur has been appointed Governor of Kerala, while incumbent Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Braj Mohan Ram has been appointed Governor of Odisha, Dr Sudha Yadav Governor of Karnataka, Dhal Singh Bisen Governor of Uttarakhand, and Dushyant Kumar Gautam Governor of Sikkim.
Dr Sudha Yadav, an OBC leader belonging to the Yadav community of Haryana, brings a background of public service, political experience and academic distinction.
She is the widow of BSF Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav, who was killed during the Kargil War. Following her husband's death, she entered public life and went on to represent Mahendragarh in the Lok Sabha. She is also a member of the BJP Parliamentary Board, IANS reported.
Yadav holds an MSc and a PhD in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee. She served as a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes from 2019 to 2022.
Her appointment recognises her contributions to public life and the OBC community, as well as the sacrifice made by the families of personnel who laid down their lives in the service of the nation.
Gautam, a Dalit leader belonging to the Chamar community and hailing from Delhi, has spent nearly five decades in organisational work associated with the RSS and the BJP, with a particular focus on advancing the interests of Scheduled Castes, IANS reported.
He has served as the BJP's national general secretary and as the national president of the party's Scheduled Caste Morcha. Rising through the organisational ranks, he began his electoral career as a councillor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and subsequently became a Rajya Sabha member.
His appointment recognises his long-standing contribution to grassroots politics, party organisation and public life, as well as his work among Dalit communities.
Bisen, an OBC leader belonging to the Bhoyar Pawar community of Madhya Pradesh, brings decades of legislative and administrative experience to his new assignment, IANS reported.
A four-time MLA and former Lok Sabha member from Balaghat, he has also served as a Cabinet Minister in the Madhya Pradesh government, handling important portfolios, including school education, forests, transport and mines.
He also chaired the Fourth State Finance Commission of Madhya Pradesh. An Ayurveda practitioner by profession, Bisen has a keen interest in Indian systems of medicine and their convergence with modern medicine.
His appointment recognises his nearly five decades of association with the BJP and his long record of public service.
Ram, a Dalit leader belonging to the Dhobi community and hailing from Jharkhand, comes from a farming family and has a long record of legislative and social service, IANS reported.
He served as an MLA in undivided Bihar before being elected to the Lok Sabha from Palamu on three occasions: in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
In addition to his electoral career, he has served as the in-charge of the State Scheduled Caste Morcha and has been associated with the Dhobi Mahasangh. He has also worked towards establishing educational institutions in Chandwa.
His appointment recognises his contribution to grassroots leadership, the empowerment of Dalit communities and decades of legislative and social work.
(With IANS inputs)
