Who is Manoj Sinha? Manoj Sinha, a senior BJP leader, and former Union minister has been designated as the new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir after Girish Chandra Murmu resigned Yesterday.
Sinha is a three-time Lok Sabha MP and was Minister of State (Communication) in 2016 when the telecommunications industry was engaged in spectrum sales. He is credited with overcoming the threat of dropped calls.
Actively involved in the development of the backward peoples of Uttar Pradesh, Sinha is often referred to as “vikas purush”, the PTI news agency reported.
His political career began in 1982 when he was elected president of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Student Union. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996 and repeated in 1999. From 1989 to 1996, Sinha remained a member of the BJP national council. He was re-elected as a Lok Sabha deputy from Ghazipur in the 2014 general elections. He was a former Minister of State for Railways and later held an independent position in the Ministry of Communication.
A statement from Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday said that Murmu’s resignation has been accepted. The statement issued by the president’s press secretary Ajay Kumar read: “The president has been pleased to appoint Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, from the date he takes office” instead. by Murmu.
The big change comes exactly one year after the Center repealed the old state’s special status and decided to fork it into two Union Territories.
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