<p>Alva had contested the last Lok Sabha elections from Uttara Kannada and lost.<br />According to a communique from Rashtrapati Bhavan, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Jagannath Pahadia has been appointed </p>.<p> in place of A R Kidwai. <br /><br />Uttarakhand Governor B L Joshi has been transferred and appointed governor of Uttar Pradesh for the remainder of his term in place of T V Rajeswar.<br /><br />Another senior Congress leader Devendra Nath Dwivedi has been made governor of Gujarat in place of Nawal Kishore Sharma whose term has expired.<br /><br />Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand, has been transferred and appointed governor of Assam for the remainder of his term. K Sankaranarayanan, Governor of Nagaland, has been transferred to Jharkhand. <br /><br />Congress leader from Punjab Iqbal Singh has been made Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.</p>
<p>Alva had contested the last Lok Sabha elections from Uttara Kannada and lost.<br />According to a communique from Rashtrapati Bhavan, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Jagannath Pahadia has been appointed </p>.<p> in place of A R Kidwai. <br /><br />Uttarakhand Governor B L Joshi has been transferred and appointed governor of Uttar Pradesh for the remainder of his term in place of T V Rajeswar.<br /><br />Another senior Congress leader Devendra Nath Dwivedi has been made governor of Gujarat in place of Nawal Kishore Sharma whose term has expired.<br /><br />Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand, has been transferred and appointed governor of Assam for the remainder of his term. K Sankaranarayanan, Governor of Nagaland, has been transferred to Jharkhand. <br /><br />Congress leader from Punjab Iqbal Singh has been made Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.</p>
