indiaUpdated: Aug 06, 2020 10:39 ISTPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed former Union minister Manoj Sinha as the next Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He lost the last Lok Sabha election to strongman and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Afzal Ansari. Sinha has represented the parliamentary constituency of Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh thrice in the Lok Sabha. During his student days, Sinha was the students’ union president in the Banaras Hindu University. As minister of state for Railways, Sinha handled key assignments including the task to connect several cities in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Source: Hindustan Times August 06, 2020 01:57 UTC