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Manoj Sinha to be new J&K LG as Prez accepts Murmu's resignation

New Delhi | 6-Aug-2020

Former BJP minister Manoj Sinha will be the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, a release from the President�s House said, confirming that GC Murmu�s resignation has been accepted.
On the first anniversary of J&K reorganisation, GC Murmu tendered his resignation. Reports said he is a frontrunner for the top post of the Comptroller and Auditor General, which will be vacant as Rajiv Mehrishi will be retiring this week.
Murmu, a 1985-batch Gujarat cadre officer, worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister. Then he worked in the finance ministry.