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Union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot is appointed governor of Karnataka, while BJP leaders Hari Babu Kambhampati, Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel and Rajendra Arlekar are named for gubernatorial posts in Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, respectively. Gehlot, minister for social justice and empowerment, replaces Vajubhai Vala, who was governor since 2014. Arlekar takes over from Bandaru Dattatreya, who has been shifted to Haryana. P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has been shifted from Mizoram to Goa, and Satyadev Narayan Arya from Haryana to Tripura, replacing Ramesh Bais, who has been sent to Jharkhand.
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