India, March 6 -- Former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed by President Droupadi Murmu as the new lieutenant governor (LG) of Delhi, replacing Vinai Kumar Saxena, who has been transferred to Ladakh as its lieutenant governor, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced Thursday.

The appointments are part of a major reshuffle in gubernatorial posts across nine states and Union territories, effective from the dates the appointees assume charge, said a communique from Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Sandhu, a former Indian ambassador to the United States and high commissioner to Sri Lanka, is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader who contested as the party's candidate from Amritsar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

A seasoned diplomat, he served ...