Jaipur: Om Prakash Mathur, a seasoned BJP leader from Rajasthan, has been appointed as the new Governor of Sikkim. Mathur, who has served as the BJP’s state president and a Rajya Sabha MP, announced his retirement from active politics following his appointment to this constitutional position.
The 72-year-old Mathur hails from Bali in Rajasthan’s Pali district and has a background as a pracharak with the BJP’s ideological parent organization, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was mentored in politics by the former Vice President and BJP leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Mathur has also held the role of general secretary in-charge of Gujarat BJP and is regarded as a key organizational strategist, credited with contributing to the BJP’s return to power in Chhattisgarh last year. He was previously considered a potential candidate for Chief Minister in Rajasthan before the party selected Bhajanlal Sharma.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma , U.P Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders extended their best wishes to newly appointed governor .
As Mathur assumes his new responsibilities in Sikkim, the outgoing Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been appointed as the Governor of Assam and will hold additional charge of Manipur.
President Droupadi Murmu has announced several other gubernatorial appointments. Gulab Chand Kataria, previously the Governor of Assam, has been appointed as the Governor of Punjab and also as the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been named the Governor of Rajasthan, Jishnu Dev Varma of Telangana, and Santosh Kumar Gangwar of Jharkhand. Raman Deka has been appointed as the Governor of Chhattisgarh, and CH Vijayashankar of Meghalaya. CP Radhakrishnan, the current Governor of Jharkhand with additional charge of Telangana, has been appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra.
“The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices,” an official release stated.
