New Governors appointed for 2 States, 1 UT

.President Droupadi Murmu has appointed new governors for Haryana and Goa, and a new LG for the UT of Ladakh. According to a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, Prof Ashim Kumar Ghosh has been appointed as the Governor of Haryana, while Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju will take over as the Governor of Goa.Former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta has been tapped as the new Lt Governor of Ladakh, the statement said. All the appointments will take effect from the dates the appointees assume charge of their respective offices. The President also accepted the resignation of Brig BD Mishra (Retd) from the post of Lt Governor of Ladakh.

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju is a senior leader in the Telugu Desam Party. A seven-time MLA, he has held office at both the state and national levels. After winning the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha seat in 2014, Raju served as Union Minister of Civil Aviation for nearly four years in the first Modi cabinet.

Prof. Ashim Kumar Ghosh is a veteran politician, academic, and former state president of the BJP in West Bengal. Born in 1944 in Howrah, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Vidyasagar College, Kolkata. He later served as a professor of political science for many years. Prof Ghosh joined the BJP in 1991 and rose to prominence within the party, serving as the West Bengal BJP president from 1999 to 2002. During his tenure, he played a key role in expanding the party’s grassroots presence in the state.

Gupta was deputy chief minister of the Jammu and Kashmir when the BJP formed the coalition government with PDP in the State. Following the PDP-BJP alliance, he was elected Speaker of the Assembly and later appointed Deputy Chief Minister in 2018 during a particularly challenging phase in the state.