Senior BJP leader Monoj Sinha appointed as new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Sinha was on Thursday appointed the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, a day after G.C. Murmu in a surprise development resigned from the post exactly a year after the nullification of Article 370 in the erstwhile state, and barely nine months after he took over the reins of the newly created Union Territory.President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of Murmu as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, and appointed Sinha for the post with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office vice Girish Chandra Murmu, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement on Thursday announced.61 year old Sinha has represented the parliamentary constituency of Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh thrice in the Lok Sabha in past.He also served as junior Railway Minister.