CP Radhakrishnan, a former president of the Tamil Nadu BJP and a two-time Lok Sabha member from Coimbatore, will be the new Governor of Jharkhand.
Another former president of the Tamil Nadu BJP, La Ganesan has been made as the Governor of Nagaland. Ganesan is the current Governor of Manipur and till recently he had additional charge of West Bengal.
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday congratulated former BJP state president and former MP C P Radhakrishnan for being appointed as Governor of Jharkhand state.
“My heartfelt wishes to my friend C P Radhakrishnan for being appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand state. I wish him to perform his duty as per the Constitution to bring laurels to the state, ” said the CM in a statement.
He is the third BJP leader from Tamil Nadu to be appointed as the Governor in the last few years.
Two of the former BJP state chiefs L Ganesan and Tamilisai Soundararajan were appointed as Governors.
