Six governors in six months: Now Qureshi goes to Mizoram

Aizawl, Jan 1: Mizoram's Governor-designate Aziz Qureshi, who was transferred from Uttarakhand, will be the sixth head of the state in less than six months in the northeastern state. Qureshi will arrive to take charge of the Congress-ruled state after a "two-week break", a Raj Bhavan official said Thursday. The 74-year-old Qureshi was transferred by President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday and appointed as Mizoram governor for the remainder of his term till May 2017. Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul will take his place in Uttarakhand. Paul was holding additional charge as the Mizoram governor. Qureshi had earlier filed a petition before the Supreme Court over the BJP-led government's pressure on him to relinquish his post. "Aziz Qureshi is likely to assume office as the 15th Governor of Mizoram in the third week of January after a two-week break," a Raj Bhavan official who did not want to be named told IANS.