VK Singh Next Jammu And Kashmir Lt Governor, as Manoj Singh submittes resignation from post: Sources

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Srinagar, (CNI) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha submitted resignation as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to Union Government.

 

According to news reports, General VK Singh former Army chief is being considered as the frontrunner for the position of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir after Manoj Singh submitted his resignation to contest Lok Sabha elections.

 

Manoj Sinha’s past candidature

 

The BJP is yet to decide its candidates on some seats in Uttar Pradesh, including in Ghazipur which was bagged by the BSP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. BSP’s Afzal Ansari had defeated Manoj Sinha in 2019 polls on the seat. Sinha is a three-time MP from the seat, emerging victorious in 1996, 1999, and 2014.

 

In the 2014, Lok Sabha elections, Sinha had defeated Samajwadi Party’s Shivkanya Kushwaha on the seat, however, lost to Ansari in 2019.

 

The BJP may once again field him from the Ghazipur seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, according to sources.

 

There hasn’t been any official announcement regarding VK Singh being the new LG of Jammu and Kashmir-(CNI)

 

*more details awaited*

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