The government on Saturday appointed new Governors in four States, including in the politically restive West Bengal where former MP and noted Supreme Court lawyer Jagdeep Dhankhar has been named for the post.
Mr. Dhankhar (68), who was Union Deputy Minister of parliamentary affairs in 1990-91, quit the Congress in 2003 and became a member of the BJP.
He replaces Keshari Nath Tripathi, whose term comes to an end later next week, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique.