Eknath Shinde demanded an apology from Opposition leaders, describing their march to file a petition over alleged electoral irregularities as an unprecedented attack on the apex court and a black day in Indian history.

The appointments include four new Governors, Dr Sudha Yadav, Dhal Singh Bisen, Braj Mohan Ram and Dushyant Kumar Gautam, while Om Prakash Mathur and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar have been transferred from their existing gubernatorial assignments to new states