NEW DELHI, June 2 ? Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, who served as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the four Corps in 1992 and spent many years in North East, was today appointed Governor of Assam, reports PTI.
Singh succeeds Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha who was recently appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Singh?s appointment will be ?with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office,? a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said. Gen Sinha will take up his new assignment as J and K Governor on June 4.
Meanwhile, Raj Bhawan sources said here today that Lt Gen Singh will arrive in the city on June 4 by a Jet Airways flight from New Delhi. He is expected to take over as the Governor of Assam at 4 pm on June 5.
Lt Gen Singh is the second retired Army Officer in succession to be appointed as the Governor of the insurgency-hit state and his experience in heading the counter-insurgency operation as the head of the 4 Corps during the Operation Rhino will be of great help to him in carrying out his responsibilities as the Governor.