Droupadi Murmu (TOI File Photo)
RANCHI: Outgoing governor Droupadi Murmu bid adieu to the state on Monday and flew to her hometown in Rairangpur, Odisha from the Birsa Munda International airport here.
She will be succeeded by former Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais, who is scheduled to arrive in the state on Tuesday afternoon and take the oath of office next day at Raj Bhavan.
On Monday, chief minister Hemant Soren, accompanied by chief secretary Sukhdeo Singh, DGP Niraj Sinha, additional chief secretary Sailesh Kumar Singh, principal secretary to CM Rajiv Arun Ekka and principal secretary Vandana Dadel, among others, was present at the airport to bid her farewell and present her with bouquets before she boarded the flight.
Ranchi: Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais was on Tuesday appointed as the governor of Jharkhand replacing Droupadi Murmu, the first woman to be named to head the Raj Bhavan in the state since its formation in 2000. Murmu, who took charge in 2015, is also the first governor to have completed her full five-year tenure in the state.
The office of the President notified the name of Bais along with seven more governors for other states. It was, however, not mentioned whether Bais will still be in charge of Tripura.
The governors were appointed ahead of the highly anticipated reshuffle in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. Notably, the Union minister of social justice and empowerment, Thawar Chand Gehlot, has also been taken off the portfolio and put on the gubernatorial assignment in Karnataka.
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