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Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Appointed as Tamil Nadu's New Full-Time Governor
- Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been officially appointed as the new full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu. This information was formally announced by the Rashtrapati Bhavan in a major notification regarding the transfer and appointment of governors.
- Following the transfer of the previous Governor, R.N. Ravi, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar who was the Governor of neighboring Kerala had been handling the responsibilities of the Tamil Nadu Governor's office in an additional capacity since last March.
- After managing the duties of both Tamil Nadu and Kerala for seven months, he has now been formally appointed as the full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu.
- L. Murugan has resigned from his position as a Union Minister of State. He has also subsequently resigned from his Rajya Sabha membership. Furthermore, he posted a message thanking Prime Minister Modi for the support extended to him during his tenure as a Union Minister of State.
- He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh and subsequently became a Union Minister of State in 2021. L. Murugan served as the national head of the SC Morcha (Scheduled Castes wing) from 2017 to 2020 and held the position of BJP state president in 2020.
