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R V Arlekar moves to Tamil Nadu as Centre appoints new governors for 6 states
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Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, as part of a major gubernatorial reshuffle effected by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday. Om Prakash Mathur, Governor of Sikkim, will be the new Governor of Keralam in place of Arlekar, a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Dushyant Gautam has been appointed the Governor of Sikkim, it said. Senior BJP leader from Jharkhand, Braj Mohan Ram, has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha. Sudha Yadav has been named the Governor of Karnataka and Dhal Singh Bisen will be Uttarakhand Governor, the communique said. These appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices, it added.
The Assembly Speaker administered the oath of office to the two MLAs in his chamber in the Secretariat on October 12, 2026 Newly elected MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel and P. D. Prabhakar on Monday (October 12, 2026). They were elected from the Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies, respectively, which are reserved for the Scheduled Castes. The byelections were held after the two former AIADMK MLAs resigned their Assembly memberships and quit the party to join the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). The TVK renominated them, and both won the byelections. With this, the strength of the TVK in the 234-member House has gone up to 109.
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