Prez appoints new Haryana, Goa guvs

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta as the lieutenant governor of Ladakh, besides naming Professor Ashim Kumar Ghosh and Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju as the new Governors of Haryana and Goa, respectively.

- HT Correspondents

In a press communique, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said that the President has also accepted the resignation of Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (retd) as the lieutenant governor of Union territory of Ladakh and appointed Gupta as his successor. All appointments would take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices, it added.

Gupta, 65, is also a three-term former mayor of Jammu. On April 30, 2018, he was appointed as the deputy chief minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government in the erstwhile state of J&K. He, however, quit the post 51 days later on June 19 as the BJP pulled out from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led alliance, bringing an end to the Mehbooba Mufti-led government.