Jammu, July 19 -- Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta was sworn in as the new lieutenant governor (LG) of Ladakh on Friday, four days after President Droupadi Murmu appointed him to the post.

Soon after the oath ceremony, Gupta expressed his desire to rebuild Ladakh and make it a global tourism destination.

"I have been appointed here to the post of lieutenant governor. I want to assure the people of Ladakh that rising above religion, caste, and party politics, we will all work together to rebuild a new Ladakh," Gupta told reporters soon after taking over as lieutenant governor. He further said, "There is still a lot that needs to be done. There is no doubt that Ladakh faced a lot of di...