BJP veteran Om Prakash Mathur appointed Kerala Governor, succeeds Arlekar

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 13 (UNI) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Rajya Sabha member Om Prakash Mathur has been appointed as the new Governor of Kerala, succeeding Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, as part of a gubernatorial reshuffle. Mathur, who served as Governor of Sikkim before his appointment to Kerala, has a long career in the BJP's organisational structure, holding several key positions at the state and national levels. His political experience includes election management in several states, two terms in the Rajya Sabha and a tenure as the party's all-India vice-president. Born on January 2, 1952, in Bedal village in…