Congress-appointed governors of Karnataka, Tripura to retire

New Delhi: Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj and Tripura Governor Devanand Konwar will retire on Saturday and Governors of Tamil Nadu and Mizoram have been given the additional charge of the two states respectively. [caption id=“attachment_1591823” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Governor of Karnataka HR Bhardwaj will retire on Saturday. IBNLive[/caption] 77-year-old Bhardwaj, who was the Law Minister in UPA-I, took charge as the Governor of Karnataka on 29 June, 2009 and has been occupying the post since then. Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah will hold the additional charge of Karnataka until regular arrangements for the office are made, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said. 71-year-old Konwar, a former Congress Minister in Assam, was first appointed as the governor of Bihar on 29 June, 2009 and continued in the post till 21 March, 2013. He was then transferred as Governor of Tripura. Mizoram Governor Vakkom B Purushothaman has been given the additional charge of Tripura while Meghalaya Governor KK Paul will assume the charge of the Governor of Nagaland in addition to his own responsibility. With this, five Raj Bhavans will have vacancies. Following pressure of the new central government, Uttar Pradesh Governor BL Joshi, Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt and Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar stepped down from their respective posts. Sources have said that the government was considering appointing some BJP veterans as Governors. Two more Governors, M K Narayanan (West Bengal) and B V Wanchoo (Goa), are expected put in their papers soon, the sources said. PTI