The Hindu : V. Rama Rao to be Sikkim Governor

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Tuesday, Sep 24, 2002

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V. Rama Rao to be Sikkim Governor

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI SEPT. 23. In a minor reshuffle of Governors today, the Goa Governor, Mohammad Fazal, was transferred and appointed Governor of Maharashtra for the rest of his term. The Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice C. L. Thakkar, was discharging the duties of the State Governor till now. The vacancy in the Mumbai Raj Bhavan was caused in July when P.C. Alexander quit and was elected to the Rajya Sabha.

Mr. Fazal's place in Goa has been taken by the Sikkim Governor, Kidar Nath Sahani, who has been shifted to the coastal State for the rest of his term, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué. Mr. Sahani's ill-health was the main consideration for the Government to shift him to Goa, highly- placed sources said. In his place, the senior Andhra Pradesh BJP leader, V. Rama Rao, has been appointed. The appointments will take effect from the dates the appointees assume charge, the communique said.

Sources said that Mr. Rao was chosen from Andhra Pradesh as other leaders from the State such as Venkaiah Naidu, Vidyasagar Rao and Bandaru Dattatreya had already found slots at the Centre and the party functionaries in the State had not taken kindly to the claims of a senior leader like Mr. Rao being ignored.

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