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| Vohra to take over as new Governor on Wednesday | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 23
N N Vohra, who has been nominated to be the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir,is scheduled to be administered the oath by the Chief Justice of the High Court in Srinagar on June 25. On the same day S.K. Sinha will relinquish his post and leave for Delhi.
Eyes are focussed on the new Governor whether he, as head of the Amarnath Shrine Board, carry out some damage control exercise which could reduce the current level of communal polarization. As far as the PDP Patron, Mufti Mohd Sayeed's demand for cancellation of the land transfer order Vohra has not to play any role in it. It is for the State Cabinet to scrap the order or amend it. However, observers opine that the new Governor, in the capacity of being the head of the Shrine Board, can convey to the Government that the Board may adopt the old practice of setting up prefabricated tents and toilets without seeking the land being transferred or diverted to the Board.
Vohra may, in the long run, think of curtailing the yatra period. But he may not be in a position to do it soon after he takes over as the Governor because already several lakh pilgrims stand registered. Once the yatra period was curtailed it could result in a country wide clamour.
The new Governor could remove fears of political leaders so far as threat to the ecosystem on the mountain belt around the holy cave by taking in hand measures which would make it mandatory for the Board officials to arrange cleaning of the areas where tents, langars and toilets had been set up after the end of the yatra. In the context of these developments Vohra's performance will be watched with interest. |
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