Radha Krishna Mathur appointed first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh

Almost two months after  official bifurcation of State of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, Rha Krishna Mathur has been appointed as first Lieutenant Goverr of Lakh. Meanwhile, Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as first Lieutenant Goverr of Jammu Kashmir and Satya Pal Malik, Goverr of Jammu & Kashmir, is transferred and appointed as Goverr of Goa.

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Mathur is a retired Indian ministrative Service (IAS) officer of Tripura cre from 1977 batch. He retired as Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC) in vember 2018. Apart from Central Government, IAS officer has served Tripura governments as Chief Secretary of Tripura, Principal Secretary of Finance, and Principal Secretary of Agriculture. RK Mathur was appointed as Chief Secretary of Tripura in December 2003. In 2016, he was given charge as Chief Information Commissioner of India (CIC).

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Parliament revoked Article 370 and 35A

Government h revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and proposed that State be bifurcated into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Lakh. Jammu & Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill, 2019, strips Jammu and Kashmir's status of a State and converts it into a Union Territory with legislature and carves out Lakh region as a UT without legislature. It was passed in a division pressed by opposition with 125 votes in favour and 61 against, and an NCP member abstained in Rajya Sabha. It was n passed by a two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha on next day, making it law.

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(With inputs from ANI)