Early Times Report
Jammu, June 25: Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha has won the hearts of the people by skipping son’s marriage to attend the crucial all-party meeting, convened by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to hold dialogue with leaders of all main-stream parties of the Union Territory on Thursday.
Manoj Sinha’s Son Abhinav was getting married to Deepali on Thursday when Prime Minister has called the all-party meeting in New Delhi, first time after abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, to initiate dialogue with leaders of political parties.
Realizing importance of the crucial meeting, Lieutenant Governor as head of the Union Territory administration, preferred his duty over marriage ceremony of his son.
Although marriage of Manoj Sinha’s son was a low-key affair, it was Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Giriraj Singh who broke this news. Giriraj Singh posted on social media a picture of the marriage of Manoj Sinha’s son.
Within minutes after Union Minister broke this news on the social media, netizens the Twitter to hail Manoj Sinha for his commitment and dedication towards his duty.
“So it was the wedding day of LG of J&K Manoj Sinha ji’s son & whole a day he was busy in PM’s meetings with J&K delegation. Imagine someone staying away from family/home on such a special day. Full respect to him for his diligence”, a netizen tweeted.
Social media users highlighted that J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha was present at the all-party meeting with Prime Minister Modi on Thursday at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi, which was held on the same day as his son’s wedding.
Manoj Sinha, who is currently the first citizen of the Union Territory, in his official capacity as the Lieutenant Governor of Union of Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, participated in the all-party meeting held at Prime Minister’s official residence in the national capital on Thursday.
Those who participated in the meeting include National Conference (NC) president Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former chief minister G N Azad, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman Sajad Gani Lone, Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Apni Party president Syed Altaf Bukhari, CPI (M) senior leader Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami, Congress leader Tara Chand, BJP leaders Ravinder Raina, Kavinder Gupta, and Nirmal Singh. |
