New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Raghubar Das as Governor of Odisha, and Indra Sena Reddy Nallu as Governor of Tripura.
An official statement from the President’s Secretariat issued on Wednesday, said, “The President of India is pleased to make the following appointments: Shri Indra Sena Reddy Nallu as Governor of Tripura and Shri Raghubar Das as Governor of Odisha.”
“The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices,” the statement added. Raghubar Das has been appointed as the 26th governor of Odisha.
Das is a former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has also served as the president of the Jharkhand BJP twice.
At present, Ganeshi Lal is serving as the 25th Governor of Odisha. He was sworn in as the Odisha governor in 2018.
Indra Sena Reddy Nallu is a national secretary of the BJP and has thrice served as an MLA in Andhra Pradesh.
Currently, Satyadev Narayan Arya is serving as the 19th governor of Tripura. He is a BJP leader from Bihar and has previously served as a Governor of Haryana.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha congratulates Nallu:
Tripura chief minister Manik Saha has congratulated BJP leader Indra Sena Reddy Nallu for being appointed as the new governor of the state. Nallu, a BJP national executive member from Telangana, will replace Satyadev N Arya whose term ended on August 25. “I heartily congratulate Shri Indrasena Reddy Nallu Ji on being appointed Governor of Tripura,” Saha said in a Facebook post on Wednesday night.
Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Deb, the state’s former CM, also welcomed Nallu’s appointment as the new governor of Tripura. Nallu is a three-time MLA of undivided Andhra Pradesh, and was also the BJP president of the southern state.