Jammu, July 15 -- Following resignation of Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (retd), President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed former deputy chief minister of J&K Kavinder Gupta as new lieutenant governor of union territory of Ladakh.

The strategic Himalayan region shared it's borders with Pakistan and China.

Gupta, 65, expressed gratitude to the President Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah and the party leadership for reposing their faith in him.

"This is a big responsibility entrusted upon me. I will serve the people of Ladakh and try to come up to their expectations," he told media. "Ladakh was part of Jammu and Kashmir but there are several challenges after it became a UT," he said.

Gupta, who started off as a RSS w...