Laxman Prasad Acharya is new Governor of Sikkim

The notification further said that the leader of the opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, Gulab Chand Kataria will be the next Governor of Assam.

Agencies, Feb 12, 2023 : The President of India Droupadi Murmu on February 12 appointed Laxman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim, said an official statement.   

Acharya, who is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will replace Ganga Prasad the present Governor.

He is also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from the Varanasi Division Graduates Constituency in the Varanasi district.

New Governors have been appointed to 12 states including poll bound Meghalaya and Nagaland and Union Territory Ladakh on Sunday.

The reshuffle and new appointments came as President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari the Governor of Maharashtra and Radha Krishnan Mathur the Lt Governor of Ladakh.

Laxman is said to be in close association with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He belongs kharwar tribe and has roots in the tribal dominated Sonbhadra region of Uttar Pradesh. Till 1977 Lakshman Acharya was active as a teacher in the Saraswati Shishu Mandir a school run by the RSS. Acharya also played a crucial role during the Ram Mandir movement in the early 90s and worked closely with the party for making a stronghold among the nonOBC vote bank in Purvanchal  

In the past Acharya was seen sharing a dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister knows him personally."

The leader of the opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, Gulab Chand Kataria will be the next Governor of Assam. Lieutenant General Kaivalya Trivikram Parnaik has been appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, and Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh,

Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh has been appointed as Governor of Manipur while La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland.

On the other hand, Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya, and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar.

Governors in other states like Maharashtra has been changed and Ramesh Bais, Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.

Brig. (Dr.) Shri B.D. Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh,