Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Wednesday took oath as the new Governor of Goa, reported ANI. This came a day after Goa’s former Governor Satya Pal Malik was transferred and appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya.

Koshiari is also the Governor of Maharashtra and has been given additional charge of Goa.

In a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique on Tuesday, Satya Pal Malik, the former Governor of Goa was transferred and appointed as Governor of Meghalaya. The same communique further stated that Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari had been asked to discharge the additional functions as a Goa’s Governor.

Meanwhile, Satya Pal Malik replaced Tathagata Roy as the Governor of Meghalaya.