Banwarilal Purohit was on Saturday appointed as the governor of Tamil Nadu and senior BJP leader Satya Pal Malik would be the new governor of Bihar. Jagdish Mukhi would be the new governor of Assam in place of Purohit, the Centre said. Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao was holding additional charge of Tamil Nadu. There had been demands of appointment of a full-time governor in Tamil Nadu due to the political situation that arose following the death of J Jayalalithaa in December. President Ram Nath Kovind has cleared the appointments of five governors, including that for Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, and Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Banwarilal Purohit