Newly appointed West Bengal Governor RN Ravi met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. The official Rashtrapati Bhavan account on X shared a photograph of their meeting. The interaction took place ahead of West Bengal's two phase Assembly elections scheduled for April.

Ravi assumed office as the Governor of West Bengal on March 12. A former IPS officer and previously the Governor of Tamil Nadu, he was administered the oath by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul. The ceremony was attended by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee, senior minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, and Left Front chairman Biman Bose.

His appointment came as part of a wider reshuffle of Governors and Lieutenant Governors announced by Rashtrapati Bhavan before the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. The Election Commission of India announced that voting for the West Bengal Assembly elections will be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29, while the counting of votes is scheduled for May 4. On March 13, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu also met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Sandhu later shared on X that he felt honoured to meet the President and receive her guidance for his new role.

Sandhu had earlier taken the oath of office as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in the presence of Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya. His appointment was also part of the recent administrative reshuffle, replacing VK Saxena, who has been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. Sandhu had also contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as a BJP candidate. President Droupadi Murmu hosted Members of Parliament from several states including Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi for breakfast at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre on Friday.