Baby Rani Maurya

DEHRADUN: BJP leader and former mayor of Agra, Baby Rani Maurya, was on Tuesday appointed the governor of Uttarakhand . She held the post of Agra mayor from 1995 to 2000. Maurya is the Dalit face of BJP in UP and a member of UP state child rights commission.

Maurya is only the second woman to become governor of Uttarakhand. Earlier, Margaret Alva was appointed the governor of Uttarakhand in 2009.

The term of outgoing governor K K Paul had ended on July 8 but he continued to hold office as a fresh appointment had not been made. Paul was sworn in as governor of Meghalaya on July 8, 2013 and subsequently took charge as governor of Uttarakhand in 2015.

BJP state (UP) office secretary, Bharat Dikshit, said, “Maurya is a senior leader from Agra with immense administrative experience both as a legislator and mayor.”

BJP president Ajay Bhatt said, “I have come to know about the appointment of Maurya ji as Uttarakhand governor and on behalf of the party I welcome her.”

