Ramesh Bais Appointed as the New Governor of Maharashtra, Takes Over Koshyari

Ramesh Bais Appointed as the New Governor of Maharashtra, Takes Over Koshyari: After Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s resignation, Ramesh Bais was appointed the new governor of Maharashtra. Bhagat Singh Koshyari stepped down after a sour relationship with Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray. Formerly, Ramesh Bais was the governor of Jharkhand. President Droupadi Murmu accepted Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s resignation.

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About Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Indian politician Bhagat Singh Koshyari served as Maharashtra’s 22nd governor from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran, Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and the party’s 1st State president for Uttarakhand. From 2001 to 2002, he also held the position of second Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

He also served as an MLC in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency, earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of the State Legislature and both houses of the National Parliament respectively.

About Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais, an Indian politician, is the 23rd governor of Maharashtra at the moment. Bais earlier served as the Governor of Jharkhand from 2021 to 2023 and the Governor of Tripura from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has served in various political capacities throughout his career, including as a Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

As a representative of the Raipur constituency, Bais has been elected seven times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He served as a member of the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and the 11th through 16th Lok Sabhas (1996-2019).