Leh, March 12 The newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, received a warm welcome upon his arrival here on the eve of his oath-taking ceremony.
Senior officials, representatives from political and religious organizations, and a large number of ordinary citizens gathered at the Kushok Bakula Rimpochee (KBR) Airport to welcome Saxena, according to an official spokesperson.
Among those who greeted Saxena were Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra; Director General of Police, Ladakh, Mukesh Singh; Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Romil Singh Donk; Senior Superintendent of Police, Leh, Shree Raam; and Ladakh BJP president Tashi Gyalson Khachu.
They extended their greetings and conveyed their best wishes to Saxena as he prepares to assume the office of Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
Saxena is scheduled to take oath as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh on March 13 at the Arya Nagarjuna Auditorium Hall of the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS), Choglamsar, the spokesperson said.
He said that the oath will be administered by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice Arun Palli.
Saxena will succeed Kavinder Gupta, who recently assumed charge as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
Earlier, Saxena was accorded a warm farewell at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, by senior officials and well-wishers before his departure for Ladakh to assume his new responsibilities.