Ramesh Bais is an Indian politician who has been appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra. He was born on 2 August 1947 in Raipur, Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh). He completed his higher secondary education from B.S.E., Bhopal.
Bais is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and has served in various political capacities throughout his career, including as a Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He was the Governor of Tripura from July 2019 to July 2021 and has been serving as the 10th Governor of Jharkhand since July 14, 2021. Bais is married and has two daughters and a son.
Ramesh Bais who was governor of Jharkhand until Sunday has been appointed as the new governor of Maharashtra, replacing Bhagat Singh Koshyari whose resignation has been accepted by President Droupadi Murmu. Koshyari’s exit comes following a recent controversy over his comment on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari resigned as the Governor of Maharashtra in February 2023, following widespread criticism of his comments on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and other historical figures. Under fire from the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Koshyari expressed his desire to step down and spend the remainder of his life in reading, writing, and other activities.
He had also been involved in several run-ins with the MVA-led government over the appointment of 12 members to the state legislative council from the gubernatorial quota, which he never approved. The latest controversy surrounding Koshyari was about his remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, which triggered protests from the opposition parties and resulted in his eventual resignation.
Ramesh Bais has extensive political experience, having served as the Governor of Jharkhand and Tripura, and as the union minister of state for environment and forests.
This major reshuffle in gubernatorial appointments also included Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik being appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Gulab Chand Kataria as the Governor of Assam, CP Radhakrishnan as the Governor of Jharkhand, Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan as the Governor of Chhattisgarh, Anusuiya Uikye as the Governor of Manipur, La. Ganesan as the Governor of Nagaland and Phurpa Tsering as the Governor of Uttarakhand.
