Vijai Kapoor likely to be named new J&K Governor by Aug-end
Is the Narendra Modi government about to replace Jammu and Kashmir's long-reigning Governor N.N. Vohra with former Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vijai Kapoor?
There are indications that the government is all set to replace Vohra by the end of August.
Sources say Vijai Kapoor's name is doing the rounds as the likely replacement.
The Centre has indicated that it wants to effect a change in the Raj Bhavan in the troubled state. Governor Vohra has been very quiet, at least publicly, during the ongoing unrest in Kashmir.
But
the
Centre
also
made
it
clear
that
it
did
not
want
a
former
cop
or
an
army
man
to
replace
Vohra,
a
pointed
message
to
two
men
--
one,
a
cop
who
put
down
the
Khalistan
militancy
in
Punjab;
the
other,
a
former
Army
general
who
is
credited
with
calming
Kashmir
during
the
2010
crisis
in
that
state
and
who
is
much
liked
by
the
people
of
the
state.
Vijai Kapoor is a retired IAS officer and former Lt. Governor of Delhi during the Vajpayee government between 1998 and 2004 and joined the BJP in 2008. He is currently director of the Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemical Limited.
Sources said, however, that while the Centre was considering naming a new Governor by the end of the month, it is also contemplating other changes and that could mean last minute changes to the plan to have a new man in Raj Bhavan.
The Centre feels that the state machinery had not done enough to quell the current unrest. It also feels that the Governor has a crucial role to play in a time of crisis.
Sources said the Centre had also contemplated giving the J&K government a week's time to restore the Valley to normal and suggested that the Centre is ready to impose President's Rule in the state.
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