{
  "id": 14104377,
  "title": "President Droupadi Murmu Appoints Four New Governors In Six-State Reshuffle; Om Prakash Mathur Gets Kerala, Rajendra Arlekar Tamil Nadu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/president-droupadi-murmu-appoints-four-new-governors-in-six-state",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T02:43:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/president-droupadi-murmu-appoints-four-new-governors-in-six-state-reshuffle-om-prakash-mathur-gets-kerala-rajendra-arlekar-tamil-nadu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 12, 2026, President Droupadi Murmu appointed four new Governors to six Indian states. Sudha Yadav will serve as the Governor of Karnataka, Dhal Singh Bisen as the Governor of Uttarakhand, Braj Mohan Ram as the Governor of Odisha, and Dushyant Gautam will be the Governor of Sikkim.\n\nOm Prakash Mathur, who had been Governor of Sikkim, has been reassigned to Kerala. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the former Governor of Kerala, has been appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu.\n\nSudha Yadav, a BJP member and former Lok Sabha MP from Haryana, has been appointed. She holds an MSc and a PhD in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee and was a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes from 2019 to 2022. Dhal Singh Bisen, a Dalit leader from Madhya Pradesh, was appointed as the Governor of Uttarakhand. He is a former Lok Sabha MP from Balaghat and held various ministerial portfolios in the Madhya Pradesh government. Braj Mohan Ram, a Dalit leader from Jharkhand, was appointed Governor of Odisha. He served as an MLA in undivided Bihar and has been associated with the Scheduled Caste Morcha. Dushyant Gautam, a former BJP National General Secretary and Rajya Sabha member, has been appointed Governor of Sikkim. He has held various organisational positions within the BJP and has been involved with initiatives concerning Scheduled Caste communities.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has appointed four new Governors to the States, naming Sudha Yadav as Karnataka Governor, Dhal Singh Bisen as Uttarakhand Governor, Braj Mohan Ram as Odisha Governor and Dushyant Gautam as Sikkim Governor, according to a statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. The President of India appoints six Governors across various States. Shri Om Prakash Mathur…",
  "key_points": [
    "President Droupadi Murmu appoints four new governors in six states",
    "Om Prakash Mathur reassigned from Sikkim to Kerala",
    "Rajendra Arlekar appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "President Murmu appoints new governors in Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Karnataka in gubernatorial reshuffle",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/president-murmu-appoints-new-governors-in-keralam-tamil-nadu-sikkim",
        "published": "2026-10-13T01:22:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}