New Delhi: Six states have received new governors, including senior BJP leader Dr Sudha Yadav, who has been appointed governor of Karnataka. Om Prakash Mathur will take charge in Kerala, while Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed governor of Tamil Nadu.
The other appointments are Brij Mohan Ram as governor of Odisha, Dr Dhal Singh Bisen as governor of Uttarakhand and Dushyant Gautam as governor of Sikkim.
Who are the newly appointed governors?
Om Prakash Mathur: A senior BJP leader and experienced party organiser, Mathur was born on January 2, 1952, in Bedal village in Rajasthan’s Pali district. He graduated from Rajasthan University and has held several organisational positions within the BJP, including membership of its central election committee. He took over as governor of Sikkim in July 2024.
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar: Born on April 23, 1954, in Panaji, Goa, Arlekar graduated in commerce and joined the BJP in 1989. He has served as Goa BJP president, Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly and a state minister handling forest and environment as well as panchayati raj. He has also served as governor of Himachal Pradesh and Bihar before taking charge as Kerala governor in January 2025.
Brij Mohan Ram: A BJP leader and former MP, Ram was born on January 1, 1958, in the Palamu region of undivided Bihar, now part of Jharkhand. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1995 and represented the Palamu Lok Sabha constituency from 1996 to 2004.
Dr Sudha Yadav: A senior BJP leader, Yadav was born on October 16, 1965, in Haryana’s Rewari district. She holds an MSc and a PhD in chemistry. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mahendragarh in 1999 and served until 2004. She later became a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes and was appointed to the BJP’s parliamentary board in August 2022.
Dr Dhal Singh Bisen: A BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh and a doctor by profession, Bisen was born on May 14, 1952, in Pipariya village in Seoni district. He served four terms in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1990 and 2008 and was a state minister from 2003 to 2005. He was elected MP from the Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 and served until 2024.
Dushyant Gautam: A senior BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP, Gautam began his political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his student years. He later held several organisational roles in the BJP and served as a party national general secretary. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana in 2020 and remained a member until 2022.
