No extension to Meghayala Guv Satya Pal Malik after tenure ends on Monday

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Arunachal Pradesh Governor B D Mishra has been given further cost of Meghalaya with incumbent Satya Pal Malik, whose remarks towards the now-repealed farm legal guidelines made the headlines in the course of the farmers’ protest, finishing his time period on October 3.

Malik, 76, has served as governor of Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and Goa earlier than being moved to Meghalaya in August 2020.

The Rashtrapati Bhawan stated in a communique on Saturday, “The tenure of Shri Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Meghalaya is going to be completed on 03.10.2022.”

“The President of India has been pleased to appoint Brig.(Dr.) B.D.Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh to discharge the functions of the Governor of Meghalaya, in addition to his own duties from the date he assumes charge of the office of the Governor of Meghalaya until regular arrangements are made,” the communique stated.

Malik was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir when Article 370 was withdrawn and the state was divided into two union territories. He, thus, turned the final governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was appointed governor of Bihar in 2017 earlier than being moved to Jammu and Kashmir in 2018.

After the state was divided into two UTs, Malik was shifted to Goa and at last to Meghalaya. He courted controversies along with his statements on farmers’ agitation and was publicly vital of the federal government.

Also, in one of many statements, he had claimed that in his tenure as JK governor, two recordsdata had come to him and he was supplied an enormous bribe by a distinguished enterprise home of the nation and a consultant of a political social gathering.

The CBI had registered two circumstances on this connection. Hailing from Bhagpat of Uttar Pradesh, Malik was additionally a Rajya Sabha member from 1980-89.

A current media report quoted him as saying he wouldn’t be becoming a member of any political social gathering after his retirement however proceed to work for the reason for farmers.

NEW DELHI: Arunachal Pradesh Governor B D Mishra has been given further cost of Meghalaya with incumbent Satya Pal Malik, whose remarks towards the now-repealed farm legal guidelines made the headlines in the course of the farmers’ protest, finishing his time period on October 3.

Malik, 76, has served as governor of Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and Goa earlier than being moved to Meghalaya in August 2020.

The Rashtrapati Bhawan stated in a communique on Saturday, “The tenure of Shri Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Meghalaya is going to be completed on 03.10.2022.”

“The President of India has been pleased to appoint Brig.(Dr.) B.D.Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh to discharge the functions of the Governor of Meghalaya, in addition to his own duties from the date he assumes charge of the office of the Governor of Meghalaya until regular arrangements are made,” the communique stated.

Malik was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir when Article 370 was withdrawn and the state was divided into two union territories. He, thus, turned the final governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was appointed governor of Bihar in 2017 earlier than being moved to Jammu and Kashmir in 2018.

After the state was divided into two UTs, Malik was shifted to Goa and at last to Meghalaya. He courted controversies along with his statements on farmers’ agitation and was publicly vital of the federal government.

Also, in one of many statements, he had claimed that in his tenure as JK governor, two recordsdata had come to him and he was supplied an enormous bribe by a distinguished enterprise home of the nation and a consultant of a political social gathering.

The CBI had registered two circumstances on this connection. Hailing from Bhagpat of Uttar Pradesh, Malik was additionally a Rajya Sabha member from 1980-89.

A current media report quoted him as saying he wouldn’t be becoming a member of any political social gathering after his retirement however proceed to work for the reason for farmers.