Former Karnataka minister Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar will be sworn-in as the new Governor of Meghalaya on July 30 at the Raj Bhavan.
Vijayashankar was appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya by the President of India. He replaced incumbent Phagu Chauhan.
The swearing-in of the new Governor will be attended by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, cabinet ministers and senior government officials.
Vijayashankar was elected as member of Karnataka Assembly in 1994. Further, in 1998 and 2004, he was elected as Lok Sabha member from Mysore Lok Sabha constituency. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from June 15, 2010 till January 2016.
It may be mentioned that President Droupadi Murmu has appointed new Governors in nine states and a new Lieutenant Governor in Puducherry.
Former Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed Governor of Rajasthan while former Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed Governor of Telangana.
Former Rajya Sabha MP Om Prakash Mathur was appointed Governor of Sikkim. Similarly, former Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been appointed as Governor of Jharkhand while former Lok Sabha MP from Assam Ramen Deka has been made Governor of Chhattisgarh.
C P Radhakrishnan who is presently Governor of Jharkhand has been made Governor of Maharashtra.
Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has been appointed as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Similarly, Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been appointed as Governor of Assam and has also been given additional charge as Governor of Manipur.
Former IAS officer K. Kailashnathan has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
Meanwhile, incumbent Meghalaya Governor Phagu Chauhan participated in a tree plantation ceremony at Raj Bhavan here, planting an amla tree sapling. A second amla sapling was also planted in honour of his wife, Murahi Devi.
