Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi

Former Indian Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, according to official communiqué issued by President’s Secretariat.

Sandhu will replace Vinai Kumar Saxena, who has served as Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor since May 26, 2022. Saxena has now been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, replacing Kavinder Gupta, who will take charge as Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

The appointments are part of a broader reshuffle of Governors and Lieutenant Governors across several states and Union Territories announced by President Droupadi Murmu. The changes will come into effect once the appointees assume charge of their respective offices.

As part of the reshuffle, R. N. Ravi, currently Governor of Tamil Nadu, has been appointed Governor of West Bengal following the resignation of C. V. Ananda Bose. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Kerala, will discharge the functions of Governor of Tamil Nadu.

In other appointments, Shiv Pratap Shukla has been appointed Governor of Telangana, while Jishnu Dev Varma will serve as Governor of Maharashtra. Nand Kishore Yadav has been appointed Governor of Nagaland, and Syed Ata Hasnain, a retired Lieutenant General of the Indian Army, has been named Governor of Bihar.