Bhubaneshwar Kalita Set to Join Bharatiya Janata Party Today: Reports

New Delhi, August 9, 2019:

As per reports, long-time Congressman and former Rajya Sabha MP Bhubaneshwar Kalita is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later in the evening at 5:30 today.

The former Rajya Sabha MP, who has held numerous positions with the Congress party during a storied political career, will reportedly join the party in national capital New Delhi. Sources have also told Inside Northeast that the former Congressman will be sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, one of the two parts of the newly-bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir.

A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a "second-in-command".

Earlier, Congress MP from the Rajya Sabha, Bhubaneshwar Kalita, unexpectedly resigned from his post on Monday at around 9 am in the morning.

This unexpected development sent ripples across the state of Assam and elsewhere, as Kalita is one of the seniormost leaders of the region from the Congress.

Later, Bhubaneshwar Kalita, who had lost the 2019 Lok Sabha election on a Congress ticket, stated that he had resigned due to his party’s stand on the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Bill and apparent opposition to the revoking of the Article 370 and 35A, granting special rights to Kashmiri citizens.

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