Former Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Murmu appointed as new CAG

Former Deputy Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Murmu has been declared the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India. A notice in this regard was issued on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir surprised by resigning on the first anniversary of the removal of Section 370.

From Wednesday evening, there was speculation about his resignation and appointment of someone else in his place.

On Thursday morning, there was also a news of his resignation from Rashtrapati Bhavan and the appointment of former Union Minister and BJP leader Manoj Sinha as the new Lieutenant Governor.

Girish Chandra Murmu was made the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on 31 October, after Article 370 was neutralized last year.

60-year-old former IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu was made the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir after Governor Satyapal Malik was sent to Goa on October 29 last year.

Murmu of Gujarat cadre has been the Chief Secretary of the state during Narendra Modi as Chief Minister.