President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed governors for Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Sikkim, moving two incumbents and introducing four new faces to constitutional posts.
The fresh slate features Dr Sudha Yadav, Dhal Singh Bisen, Braj Mohan Ram and Dushyant Kumar Gautam as newcomers. Om Prakash Mathur and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar shift from their previous assignments to new states, completing the six‑member roster.
Out of the six officials, three belong to Scheduled Caste communities and two are from Other Backward Classes, underscoring the emphasis on social inclusion in the latest appointments.
Dr Sudha Yadav, an OBC leader from the Yadav community of Haryana, assumes the Karnataka governorship. A widow of BSF Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav, who fell in the Kargil War, she entered public life thereafter, representing Mahendragarh in the Lok Sabha and serving on the BJP Parliamentary Board. Academically distinguished, she holds an MSc and a PhD in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee and was a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes between 2019 and 2022.
Dushyant Kumar Gautam, a Dalit activist of the Chamar community based in Delhi, becomes the governor of Sikkim. Nearly five decades of work with the RSS and BJP, including stints as national General Secretary and president of the party’s Scheduled Caste Morcha, define his career. He began as a municipal councillor in Delhi and later represented the capital in the Rajya Sabha.
Dhal Singh Bisen, an OBC figure from the Bhoyar Pawar community of Madhya Pradesh, takes charge of Uttarakhand. A four‑time MLA and former Lok Sabha member from Balaghat, he also held cabinet portfolios such as School Education, Forest, Transport and Mines, and chaired the Fourth State Finance Commission of Madhya Pradesh. By profession he practices Ayurveda.
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📰 Source: Mangalorean News