Mizoram, May 13: Government discharged Aziz Qureshi, and appointed Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma (who previously worked for Arunachal Pradesh) as the new Governor of Mizoram with service till 2018. He is the seventh governor of state in this year.

From July 2014 onwards, regular changes has begun in Mizoram governorship. Earlier V Purushothaman resigned and then moved to neighbouring state Nagaland. Later, next government appointed the Kamla Beniwal as a governor to Mizoram, who was earlier worked for Gujarat. She has several clashes with Gujarat state chief minister Narendra Modi so, within just four months 87-years old MS Beniwal was transferred to Mizoram from Gujarat.

After few days, in August 2014, MS Beniwal was also discharged on the claims of gross impropriety, including misuse of powers.  Later Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan was selected for governor position in the place of Beniwal, but he resigned, rejecting the assignment.

After few months, former bureaucrat V K Duggal and the former Delhi Police commissioner KK Paul took the charge. In December 2014, Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi was appointed as Governor of Mizoram, but in March 2015 he too discharged over the issue NDA government to court. Till now, West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi held the additional charge. Now Nirbhay Sharma is appointed and he is the seventh Governor of state within this year only with service time till 2018.