New Delhi:
Veteran BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Kaptan Singh Solanki was on Friday appointed the Governor of Haryana in place of Jagannath Pahadia who completes his tenure on Saturday.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said the President has appointed Solanki as Governor of Haryana with immediate effect.
Mr Pahadia completes his tenure tomorrow, it added.
Mr Solanki, a former professor, hails from Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh and was renominated to Rajya Sabha in August, 2012.
Haryana goes to assembly polls later this year.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said the President has appointed Solanki as Governor of Haryana with immediate effect.
Mr Pahadia completes his tenure tomorrow, it added.
Mr Solanki, a former professor, hails from Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh and was renominated to Rajya Sabha in August, 2012.
Haryana goes to assembly polls later this year.
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