Manoj Sinha to be the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir as President Kovind accepts the resignation of Girish Chandra Murmu.
An early morning Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué on Thursday said: “The President has accepted the resignation of Girish Chandra Murmu as Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.” It also announced that “The President has been pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Sinha to be the Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office vice Shri Girish Chandra Murmu.”The appointment has put to rest all speculation over the new incumbent of the office of Lt-Governor of the Union Territory of J&K.
Sinha has thrice been MP from Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha. He was defeated by BSP's Afzal Ansari in last year’s Lok Sabha elections. Sinha has also been junior railways minister.
The developments started last evening when J&K was in the midst of mulling over the first anniversary of the August 5 decisions of revocation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state of J&K into two Union Territories of Ladakh and J&K.
Murmu, a 1985-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, was appointed as the first L-G of Jammu and Kashmir last October after the formation of the new Union Territory under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. He is expected to get an appointment at the Centre.
