India, Oct. 13 -- Brajmohan Ram, a former three-term Lok Sabha member from Palamu in Jharkhand, has been appointed as Odisha Governor.

This makes Ram the second person from Jharkhand, after former chief minister Raghubar Das, to be appointed to the gubernatorial post in the neighbouring state in the past three years.

Das had resigned after a term of over a year and returned to active politics in the state ahead of the 2024 Jharkhand Assembly elections.

Having served in the Lok Sabha thrice between 1996 and 2004, Brajmohan Ram was a prominent Dalit face from the state during the period when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, registered its political ascent on the national stage.

Before being elected as...