Four new BJP leaders have been named governors in four states, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa. The named leaders are:
- C. Vidyasagar Rao from Telangana taking charge in election-bound Maharashtra
- Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh in Rajasthan
- Gujarat assembly Speaker Vajubhai Radabhai Vala took charge of Karnataka
- Mridula Sinha, also a leading writer, moved into Goa
