NEW DELHI: One of the senior most BJP leaders and Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot was among seven new governors appointed on Tuesday, with the Modi government using the exercise to accommodate SC/STs, OBCs and women in Raj Bhavans.
While Gehlot, a Dalit, has been designated as governor of Karnataka, Bandaru Dattatreya, an OBC, appeared to have secured an elevation in the shift from Himachal Pradesh to larger Haryana.
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel, a tribal, has been appointed as governor of Madhya Pradesh while Hari Babu Kambhampati and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will be the new governors of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh, respectively.
Kambhampati succeeded P S Sreedharan Pillai, who was transferred and appointed as governor of Goa. Satyadev Narayan Arya, governor of Haryana, has been appointed as governor of Tripura while Tripura governor Ramesh Bais has been transferred to Jharkhand. With these appointments, a record number of SC, ST, OBC and women have been appointed as governors, official sources pointed out.
Like Gehlot, Rajendra Arlekar, who had represented Pernem in the Goa Assembly, and Arya are also Dalits. Baby Rani Maurya, currently serving as Uttarakhand governor, is also from the SC community.
Besides Mangubhai Patel, a tribal leader of long standing who has worked for decades among Dalits, Anusuiya Uikey is serving as governor of Chhattisgarh. The outgoing governor of Jharkhand, Draupadi Murmu, is also a tribal. OBC governors, besides Dattatreya, include Ganga Prasad Chaurasia (Sikkim); Faghu Chauhan (Bihar); Bais, Murmu’s replacement in Jharkhand; and Tamilisai Soundararajan, governor of Telangana who also also holds the charge of Puducherry.
Jats also have their representatives serving in Raj Bhavans of Bengal (Jagdeep Dhankar), Gujarat (Acharya Devbrat) and Meghalaya (Satpal Malik). The appointment of two Telugus— K Hari Babu and Dattatraya— is seen as a signal to Andra Pradesh and Telangana. Arif Mohammad Khan and Najma Heptulla are representatives of Muslim community in Raj Bhavans of Kerala and Manipur.
While Gehlot, a Dalit, has been designated as governor of Karnataka, Bandaru Dattatreya, an OBC, appeared to have secured an elevation in the shift from Himachal Pradesh to larger Haryana.
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel, a tribal, has been appointed as governor of Madhya Pradesh while Hari Babu Kambhampati and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will be the new governors of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh, respectively.
Kambhampati succeeded P S Sreedharan Pillai, who was transferred and appointed as governor of Goa. Satyadev Narayan Arya, governor of Haryana, has been appointed as governor of Tripura while Tripura governor Ramesh Bais has been transferred to Jharkhand. With these appointments, a record number of SC, ST, OBC and women have been appointed as governors, official sources pointed out.
Like Gehlot, Rajendra Arlekar, who had represented Pernem in the Goa Assembly, and Arya are also Dalits. Baby Rani Maurya, currently serving as Uttarakhand governor, is also from the SC community.
Besides Mangubhai Patel, a tribal leader of long standing who has worked for decades among Dalits, Anusuiya Uikey is serving as governor of Chhattisgarh. The outgoing governor of Jharkhand, Draupadi Murmu, is also a tribal. OBC governors, besides Dattatreya, include Ganga Prasad Chaurasia (Sikkim); Faghu Chauhan (Bihar); Bais, Murmu’s replacement in Jharkhand; and Tamilisai Soundararajan, governor of Telangana who also also holds the charge of Puducherry.
Jats also have their representatives serving in Raj Bhavans of Bengal (Jagdeep Dhankar), Gujarat (Acharya Devbrat) and Meghalaya (Satpal Malik). The appointment of two Telugus— K Hari Babu and Dattatraya— is seen as a signal to Andra Pradesh and Telangana. Arif Mohammad Khan and Najma Heptulla are representatives of Muslim community in Raj Bhavans of Kerala and Manipur.
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