VoL Desk, Feb. 12: Raj Niwas Ladakh bids emotional adieu to outgoing Lieutenant Governor Ladakh, Sh. Radha Krishna Mathur and First Lady, Smt. Poonam Mathur. Sh. R K Mathur has completed three years as the First Lt. Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh.

Meanwhile, the President’s Secretariat in a press communique from New Delhi announced the resignation of RK Mathur and Bhagat Singh Koshyari as LG of Ladakh and Maharashtra respectively.

The President further appointed Brig (Retd) B.D Mishra, the current governor of Arunachal Pradesh as LG Ladakh.

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The removal of RK Mathur comes amid agitation by the civil society groups in Ladakh – the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) that have been demanding constitutional safeguard for Ladakh under sixth schedule, statehood for Ladakh, separate Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats for Leh and Kargil and early recruitment of Gazetted and non-Gazetted vacancies of Ladakh.

Pertinent to mention that the LAB and KDA as an intensification of their movement has announced a Delhi Chalo protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on February 15.