Satya Pal Malik, who today became the first career politician in five decades to be sworn in as Jammu and Kashmir governor, has worked with parties of all hues in his nearly 50-year career.
Malik, 72, started his political journey as a socialist student leader and went on to join many parties with contrasting ideologies. These include the Congress and the BJP as well as Charan Singh's Bhartiya Kranti Dal and
The appointment of Malik, who had been a part of the