President announces governors for 5 states - Daily Current Affairs for UPSC

Recently, President Droupadi Murmu appointed two new governors and reassigned three others, reorganising the leadership in five states.

Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been appointed as the new Governor of Manipur, replacing Anusuiya Uikey.
He takes charge amid rising violence and a deepening ethnic conflict in the state over a year between the Meitei community and Kuki tribes since May 2023.
He was former Union Home Secretary and was among the only two longest-serving Union Home Secretaries who remained in office for more than five years.

Arif Mohammed Khan was the governor of Kerala, has been reassigned to Bihar.
He has become Bihar’s first Muslim Governor after 26 years after AR Kidwai served in the post from August 1993 to April 1998.

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the Governor of Bihar, has been reassigned to Kerala.
He was also former Governorof Himachal Pradesh.

Hari Babu Kambhampati, was the Governor of Mizoram, now been reassigned to Odisha.
He replaces Governor Raghubar Das.

General (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh, a retired officer, now will serve as the Governor of Mizoram.
He served as the 24th chief of staff in the Indian Army (2010-12).
In 2015, he headed ‘Operation Raahat’ for evacuation of Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from war-torn Yemen.
In 2016, he led ‘Operation Sankat Mochan’ to rescue Indians from South Sudan.
In 2018, he led efforts to locate missing Indian workers in Iraq, at a time the country was fighting ISIS.