Bihar
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will be the 41st Governor of Bihar
- 13 Feb 2023
- 1 min read
Why In News?
On February 12, 2023, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Bihar.
Key points
- 68-year-old Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was the Governor of Himachal Pradesh before being made governor of Goa and Bihar.
- Phagu Chauhan, the 40th Governor of Bihar, has now been appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya.
- Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is originally from Goa. He was a BJP MLA in Goa from 2002 to 2007, while he was also the speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2015. During this tenure, he made the Goa Legislative Assembly paper-free.
