New governors have been appointed in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Gujarat and Nagaland. Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Ram Naik will be the new Governor of Uttar Pradesh while former Punjab minister Balramji Dass Tandon, the Governor of Chhattisgarh.

Keshari Nath Tripathi, former UP Assembly speaker, has been appointed as the Governor of West Bengal, while Om Prakash Kohli, former Delhi BJP chief, will be the new Governor of Gujarat.

A statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhawan said that President Pranab Mukherjee has also appointed Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya as the new Governor of Nagaland.

The President has accepted the resignation of Vakkom Purushothaman, as Governor of Tripura and given additional charge to Mr. Acharya.