Girish Chandra Murmu, the first Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, abruptly resigned as L-G on Wednesday. His resignation came exactly a year after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. According to sources, Murmu will likely be appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
Manoj Sinha, who served as the Minister of Communications and Minister of State for Railways in the NDA government will take over as the new L-G of Jammu and Kashmir.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman said, “The President is 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.” Murmu, a 1985-batch Gujarat cadre officer, used to work closely with Prime Minister (PM) Modi when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. After Modi became the PM, Murmu joined the Union Finance Ministry and became Joint Secretary in the expenditure department.
