BJP's Rajasthan Veteran, A Former RSS Pracharak, Named New Sikkim Governor
NDTV
A national vice-president of the BJP, Om Prakash Mathur has now said he will retire from active politics now after his appointed to the Constitutional post.
Om Prakash Mathur, who has been named the new Sikkim Governor, is a veteran BJP leader from Rajasthan who has also served as the party's state president and a Rajya Sabha MP. A national vice-president of the BJP, Mr Mathur has now said he will retire from active politics now after his appointed to the Constitutional post.
The 72-year-old is from Bali in Rajasthan's Pali district and has earlier served as a pracharak of the BJP's ideological parent Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh. In politics, he was groomed by former Vice President and BJP leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Mr Mathur has also been a general secretary in-charge of Gujarat BJP. OP Mathur is considered among the key BJP leaders behind its return to power in Rajasthan last year, and was also seen as a Chief Minister probable before the party chose Bhajanlal Sharma for the top job.
The Rajasthan Chief Minister congratulated OP Mathur on the new role. "I firmly believe your able guidance and leadership will put Sikkim on the path of good governance and set new standards," Mr Sharma said in a post on X.
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