Former Uttar Pradesh Speaker Keshari Nath Tripathi will take over as Governor of West Bengal on July 24, state government sources said here today.
Tripathi would replace M K Narayanan who resigned after being nudged to do so by the NDA government at the Centre.
Tripathi, who will turn 80 in November this year, was a five-time MLA.
He has written a few books including a commentary on "The Representation of the People Act, 1951" and two books of poetry in Hindi - 'Manonukriti', 'Aayu Pankh'.
Bihar Governor D Y Patil took over as Governor of West Bengal as additional charge after Narayanan demitted office on July 4.
