Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais was appointed the new Governor of Maharashtra after President Droupadi Murmu approved the resignation of his predecessor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Four BJP leaders and former Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer, who was part of the Constitution bench that upheld the archaeological report on Ayodhya, were among six new faces appointed as governors on Sunday.
According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, the resignations of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh R K Mathur have been accepted by President Droupadi Murmu.
