On 12 October 2026, President Droupadi Murmu announced Governors for six States. Rajendra Arlekar was named Governor of Tamil Nadu, Sudha Yadav of Karnataka, Om Prakash Mathur of Keralam, Braj Mohan Ram of Odisha, Dhal Singh Bisen of Uttarakhand and Dushyant Gautam of Sikkim. Sudha Yadav succeeds Thawarchand Gehlot and becomes only the second woman to serve as Karnataka's Governor. Arlekar, who had earlier been looking after Tamil Nadu as an additional charge while serving as Governor of Keralam, now holds the Tamil Nadu post on a full-time basis. Governors are appointed by the President under Article 155 of the Constitution.