Nine states get new Governors: Kataria for Punjab, Gangwar goes to Jharkhand | India News

President Droupadi Murmu appointed Governors to nine states late Saturday night, stating that the dates of appointment would be effective from the date they take charge. Veteran BJP leader Santosh Gangwar, who was not given the ticket to contest from Bareilly in the recent Lok Sabha elections after having won the seat six consecutive times, has been appointed Governor of Jharkhand. He is an OBC from the Kurmi caste, which seems to have veered away from the BJP in UP and Bihar in the parliamentary polls. Former Lok Sabha MP…