BD Mishra is named as the new lieutenant governor of Ladakh by the president

JAMMU, Feb 12: After accepting R.K Mathur’s resignation as the LG of the Union territory, the President of India named Brig. (Dr) B.D. Mishra as the new LG of Ladakh on Sunday.

The nomination of BD Mishra as the next LG of Ladakh was announced by the President’s Secretariat in an official statement. Mishra formerly held the position of governor of Arunachal Pradesh. “Lt Governor of Ladakh appointed is Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd), Governor of AP,” it said.

In October 2019, Mathur was selected to serve as the initial LG.

Six additional people were named governors on Sunday, including four BJP officials and former Supreme Court justice S Adbul Nazeer, who served on the Constitution court that validated the archaeological report on Ayodhya.

These other appointments were also announced today – Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired) as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshman Prasad Acharya as Governor of Sikkim, Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan as Governor of Jharkhand, Shiv Pratap Shukla as Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Gulab Chand Kataria as Governor of Assam, Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer as Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh, Sushri Anusuiya Uikye, Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur, La. Ganesan, Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland, Phagu Chauhan, Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar, Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh
The appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.