Big Change In Delhi: Taranjit Singh Sandhu Replaces VK Saxena As Lieutenant-Governor

New Delhi: Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as the new Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi, replacing VK Saxena. This comes as the latter has been appointed as the Governor of Ladakh following the resignation of Kavinder Gupta.

Who Is Taranjit Singh Sandhu?

Taranjit Singh Sandhu is the former ambassador of India to the United States. He earlier served as the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after resigning as the ambassador to US, following which he was fielded as a candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar constituency in Punjab.

An alumnus of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Sandhu joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1988. It was under his watch that India opened its Embassy in Ukraine.

He also served as the High Commission to Sri Lanka from 2017 to 2020.

Apart from Delhi, new Governors/Lieutenant-Governors have been appointed in other states/Union Territories as well. Here is the full list:

West Bengal

Old Governor- CV Ananda Bose

New Governor- RN Ravi

Bihar

Old Governor- Arif Mohammad Khan

New Governor- Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain

Tamil Nadu

Old Governor- RN Ravi

New Governor- Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

Ladakh

Old Lieutenant-Governor- Kavinder Gupta

New Lieutenant-Governor- VK Saxena

Himachal Pradesh

Old Governor- Pratap Shukla

New Governor- Kavinder Gupta

Telangana

Old Governor- Jishnu Dev Varma

New Governor- Pratap Shukla

Maharashtra

Old Governor- Acharya Devvrat

New Governor- Jishnu Dev Varma

Nagaland

Old Governor- Ajay Kumar Bhalla

New Governor- Nand Kishore Yadav

As per a notification from Rashtrapati Bhavan, the new appointments will be effective from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.

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