Telangana’s newly-appointed Governor, Shiv Pratap Shukla, arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy welcomed him at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. Industries and IT Minister D Sridhar Babu, Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy, and other officials were also present.
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Shukla as the Governor of Telangana. He is expected to be sworn in on Wednesday, succeeding Jishnu Dev Varma. Varma, who took office on July 31, 2024, bid farewell as he moves to become the Governor of Maharashtra.
Shukla, the current Governor of Himachal Pradesh, was sworn in on February 18, 2023. Born on April 1, 1952, in Rudrapur village, Uttar Pradesh, he has a political background with the BJP and has held various ministerial positions in Uttar Pradesh and at the national level.
