Five states are likely to get new governors, with Lt Gen SK Sinha, being shifted from Assam to Jammu and Kashmir.
All the other appointees are likely to be political figures. No former bureaucrat may figure in the list, in line with directions from the Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister R P Gupta is tipped to be named governor of Madhya Pradesh, O P Verma in Punjab, Kailashpati Mishra in Gujarat and Nirmal Chandra Jain in Rajasthan.
Gen Sinha joined full time politics after being overlooked for the Chief of Army Staff in favour of Gen A S Vaidya because he was seen as a