Thawarchand Gehlot (File Pic).On July 6, President Ram Nath Kovind appointed eight new governors. Many governors were transferred to other states while others were appointed.The Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned cabinet expansion is ahead of the Governors' reshuffle. The Governor of Karnataka is now Thaawarchand Gehlot, a Union minister.READ: PM Narendra Modi's cabinet expansion is soon; Jyotiraditya Skindia and Sarbananda Sonowal are among the top contendersFormer Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal departs for Delhi via Guwahati pic.twitter.com/MfezCxE22AANI (@ANI), July 6, 2021Gehlot is a Rajya Sabha member and was previously the cabinet minister for Social Justice and Empowerment under the Modi government. The Prime Minister Modis Union cabinet will be reshuffled with the additions of new ministers on 7/7.The first term of PM Modi's second mandate will see the expansion. This will include representation from five poll-bound countries and the 2024 general elections.Jyotiraditya Sciindia, who resigned from the Congress in March to make way for regime change in Madhya Pradesh and Sarbananda Sonowal who were replaced as Assam Chief minister by Himanta Biswa Sarma, was the top of the list of probables. The former Chief Minister of Maharshtra Maharshtra Rane was also in Delhi on July 6, fueling the reshuffle buzz.Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, the Governor of Mizoram, is among others. PS Sreedharan Pillai has been transferred from Haryana to Goa as the Governor of Mizoram. Satyadev Narayan Arrya has been elected Governor of Tripura.Also read: In the midst of Cabinet expansion buzz PM Narendra Modi cancelled meeting with JP Nadda chief of BJP, top ministers: ReportTripura Governor Ramesh Bais was transferred to Jharkhand, while Bandaru Dattatraya will assume the role of Governor of Haryana.
