Agartala: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday appointed senior Bengal BJP leader Tathagata Roy as governor of Tripura . J P Rajkhowa and V Shanmuganthan were appointed as governors of Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, respectively.

Syed Ahmed, governor of Jharkhand , has been transferred to Manipur for the remainder of his term. Incumbent governor of Arunachal Pradesh Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma has been transferred to Mizoram for the remainder of his term.

Droupadi Murmu has been appointed as the governor of Jharkhand.

The appointments will take effect from the dates the incumbents assume charge of their respective offices.

