Arunachal Pradesh governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa was removed from his post.A communique from Meghalaya governor V Shanmuganathan will take over the additional duties as Arunachal governor.

“The President has directed that Shri J.P. Rajkhowa shall cease to hold the office of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh and has appointed Shri V. Shanmuganathan, Governor of Meghalaya, to discharge the functions of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, in addition to his own duties, until regular arrangements for the office of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh are made,”.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh met President Mukherjee last week and discussed the situation in Arunachal Pradesh, saying that Rajkhowa’s position had become untenable due Rajkhowa, a a 1968 batch IAS officer from Assam with a reputation for personal integrity, was appointed governor of the sensitive border state on May 12, 2015.

He had recommended imposition of President’s rule in Arunachal, a decision later overturned by the Supreme Court. The top court also restored the Congress government in the state and held the decision to impose central rule as ‘unconstitutional’.

Rajkhowa had, last week, complained to the President for being put under pressure to resign by the Centre, following which the President forwarded the complaint to the home ministry.