President Droupadi Murmu today appointed Prof Ashim Kumar Ghosh as the Governor of Haryana and Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju as the Governor of Goa.
According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, the President accepted the resignation of Brig BD Mishra (Retd) as Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh and named Kavinder Gupta as the LG of the Union Territory.
The above appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices, the statement said.
Ghosh will be the 19th Governor of Haryana; and he will replace Bandaru Dattatreya, who had been serving in the post since July 18, 2021.
Ghosh, a prominent political figure from West Bengal, hails from Howrah and served as the West Bengal BJP state president from 1999 to 2002. His appointment is being viewed as a strategic move by the Centre, bringing a seasoned organizational hand with roots in Bengal politics into the constitutional framework of Haryana.
His political career spans both academia and grassroots politics. During his tenure as West Bengal BJP chief, the party was still establishing its foothold in a state dominated by the Left Front. Despite limited electoral success at the time, Ghosh was credited with strengthening the BJP’s organizational base in Bengal.
His gubernatorial appointment may be symbolic of the BJP central leadership’s continued recognition of leaders who helped lay the party’s foundations in eastern India.
Ghosh succeeds Bandaru Dattatreya, a veteran BJP leader who previously held gubernatorial charge in Himachal Pradesh and is known for his long-standing association with the party’s central leadership.
