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Brigadier B.D. Mishra takes oath as new Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
The Hindu
The President of India appointed the 83-year-old Mr. Mishra as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh after accepting the resignation of Radha Krishna Mathur on February 12
Brigadier B.D. Mishra was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh on February 19, at a time when the region is witnessing a major upheaval over the demands of Statehood and a ‘special status’ under Sixth Schedule of the Constitution from locals.
Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh Justice N. Kotiswar Singh administered the oath to Mr. Mishra on the occasion. All administrative Secretaries and other dignitaries attended the ceremony held at Raj Niwas, Ladakh, an official spokesman said.
L-G Mishra, who has an Army background and had served as an L-G of Arunachal Pradesh earlier, took over from R.K. Mathur, a bureaucrat who was appointed as the first L-G of newly-carved out UT of Ladakh in 2019 after J&K was split into two UTs.
Mr. Mathur, whose five year term would have ended in 2024, is not leaving on a happy note. His administration faced prolonged protests from the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), conglomerates representing the region’s religious and political organisation, over the demand of Statehood and a special status under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
The previous L-G administration also faced allegations of using an iron hand against those voicing demands for the special rights under the Sixth Schedule for the region. Ladakh’s well-known environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk also accused the previous L-G administration of placing him under house arrest and forcing him to sign a bond ahead of his fast to highlight the climate change in Ladakh in January this year.
It’s going to be an uphill task for L-G Mishra in Ladakh, where the LAB and the KDA have threatened to intensify agitation over their demands, after the street protests held by the members of these bodies in New Delhi failed to evoke any positive response from the Centre.
Meanwhile, the Ladakh Hill Development Council’s Leh and Kargil chapters have welcomed the appointment of a new L-G for the region.
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