Dushyant Kumar Gautam was sworn in as the Governor of Sikkim at Lok Bhavan on Monday, six days after President Droupadi Murmu appointed him to the post as part of a reshuffle spanning six states.
The appointments, announced on October 13 in a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement, named Sudha Yadav as Karnataka Governor, Dhal Singh Bisen as Uttarakhand Governor, Braj Mohan Ram as Odisha Governor and Gautam as Sikkim Governor.
Gautam is a former BJP National General Secretary and former president of the party’s Scheduled Caste Morcha. He has served as a councillor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and as a Rajya Sabha member.
Sudha Yadav, appointed Karnataka Governor, is a former Lok Sabha MP from Mahendragarh in Haryana and a member of the BJP Parliamentary Board. She holds an MSc and a PhD in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee and served on the National Commission for Backwards Classes from 2019 to 2022.
Dhal Singh Bisen, the new Uttarakhand Governor, is a former Lok Sabha MP from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh. He has served as an MLA and Cabinet Minister in the Madhya Pradesh government, holding portfolios including School Education, Forest, Transport and Mines, and chaired the state’s Fourth Finance Commission.
Braj Mohan Ram, a Dalit leader from the Dhobi community, was appointed Odisha Governor. He represented Palamu in the Lok Sabha for three consecutive terms, winning in 1996, 1998 and 1999, and also served as an MLA in undivided Bihar.
The reshuffle further involves the reassignment of the incumbent Governors of Sikkim and Keralam to Keralam and Tamil Nadu respectively, the Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.
