Governors to be announced later this week
After the Budget session of Parliament was over, Home Minister Rajnath Singh promised governors would be appointed to nine states, as one incumbent is holding the charge of four, while five others are incharge of at least two states each. This could be announced later this week. There are vacancies in Raj Bhavans at Bihar, Punjab, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Telangana. The post of Lieutenant Governor in Puducherry is also vacant. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi is holding additional charge of Bihar, Meghalaya and Mizoram, while Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Acharya is in- charge of the Raj Bhavans in Assam and Tripura. Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has been given additional charge of Punjab and administrator of Chandigarh, while Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh is holding additional charge of Himachal Pradesh. Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul is in- charge of the Raj Bhavan of Manipur, too. Narasimhan, who was governor of undivided Andhra Pradesh, continues to be the Governor of both Telangana and residuary Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation, while Lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt Gen (retd) Ajay Kumar Singh is holding additional charge of Puducherry. The Narendra Modi government, which assumed charge in May 2014, has appointed Governors to 11 states. They are Ram Naik (Uttar Pradesh), C Vidyasagar Rao (Maharashtra), P Sathasivam (Kerala), Vajubhai Vala (Karnataka), Om Prakash Kohli (Gujarat), Balram Das Tandon (Chhattisgarh), Mridula Sinha (Goa), Kalyan Singh (Rajasthan), Keshari Nath Tripathi (West Bengal), Kaptan Singh Solanki (Haryana) and Padmanabha Acharya (Nagaland).