Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Ladakh Lok Sabha Seat Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, on Friday, tendered his resignation from the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) in Leh, officials told media.
This comes after Jamyang Tsering Namgyal elected to 17th Lok Sabha in the recently held national polls.
He held the post of chief executive councilor of the 5th Hill Development Council of Leh. He resigned from the post in presence of Leh Deputy Commissioner Avny Lavasa, Deputy chairman Gyal P Wangyal and executive councilors on Friday.
On the occasion, BJP MP Namgyal express gratitude to the people of the region. He also lauded the development council and expressed satisfaction over the development milestones achieved in the last six months.
In the recently held national polls, BJP’s Jamyang Tsering Namgyal defeated Rigzin Spalbar of Indian National Congress with over 20,000 votes in low turnout seat.
Namgyal was elected, on 9 November 2018, to be the youngest and 8th Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. Before entering politics, he was a part of All Ladakh Student Association, Jammu, in various capacities and as President from 2011-12.
After joining politics as a member of BJP, he served as Private Secretary to the Member of Parliament from Ladakh Thupstan Chhewang.
Bharatiya Janata Party in the recently held polls bagged 3 seats from Jammu and Kashmir with over 46% vote share.
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