Lt Gen Ajay Singh likely to be new Assam Governor

NEW DELHI, May 31? Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Singh, who has spent considerable number of years of active service in the North-east, is likely to be named the next Governor of Assam, informed sources said today, reports PTI. Lt Gen Singh, who served as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the 4 Corps in 1992, would replace Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha who would take over as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on June 4. The sources said the name of Lt Gen Singh was approved by the government and a formal notification is likely to be issued after President APJ Abdul Kalam returns from his official tour to Bihar. Lt Gen Singh, who is well-versed with the issues concerning facing the insurgency-ridden state, had met Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani last evening and discussed matters relating to his new gubernatorial assignment.