Srinagar, July 18 -- Kavinder Gupta, former deputy chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir and veteran BJP leader, is set to be sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh on Friday morning at Leh.

Official sources said Gupta would be administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice Arun Palli, at Leh.

His warrant of appointment is likely to be read out by Chief Secretary Pawan Kotwal. The oath ceremony, scheduled to take place at Raj Niwas at 9:30 am, would be attended by Chief Executive Councilors and Executive Councilors of Leh and Kargil Hill Councils, representatives of Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, as well as senior officers from the civil administration and ...