In a late night development, government transferred Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan to Mizoram for his remaining tenure, which ends in 2017.

A Rashtrapati Bhawan communiqué issued on Saturday night says that the 82-year-old Mr. Sankaranarayanan has been shifted to Mizoram and Gujarat Governor O.P. Kohli has been asked to discharge his duties.

Mr. Sankaranarayanan takes over the post after it fell vacant following the sacking of Kamla Beniwal, who had a long-standing dispute with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister.