New Delhi, March 16 -- Newly appointed West Bengal Governor RN Ravi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. The official Rashtriya Bhavan X handle shared a picture of the meeting.

This meeting occurs ahead of West Bengal's scheduled two-phase elections in April.

Ravi was sworn in as the Governor of West Bengal on March 12. He is a former IPS officer and the former Governor of Tamil Nadu.

He was administered the oath by Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee, Senior Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim and Left Front chairman Biman Bose.

RN Ravi was appointed as the new Governor of West Bengal as part of a broade...