Banwarilal Purohit is currently the governor of Assam. PTINew Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday approved the appointment of five governors and one lieutenant governor.
• Banwarilal Purohit made governor of Tamil Nadu
• Maharashtra governor Vidyasagar Rao was holding the additional charge of TN and there had been demands of a full-time governor in view of the political situation
• Satyapal Malik, former MP and BJP's national vice-president, governor of Bihar
• The governor post in Bihar had fallen vacant after Kovind was nominated as the BJP's presidential candidate
• Brigadier (retired) B.D. Mishra appointed governor of Arunachal Pradesh
• Ganga Prasad governor of Meghalaya
• Professor Jagdish Mukhi will be governor of Assam
• Admiral (retired) Devendra Kumar Joshi to be the LG of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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