Writings on the Valley wall - 2

This is the second set of excerpts from Shekhar Gupta's "Writing On The Wall" from the poll-bound Kashmir Valley

What’s the toughest job in India? The most challenging, dangerous, and ultimately thankless? The short answer: It is being governor (now lieutenant governor) of Jammu and Kashmir. 

Manoj Sinha, the dhoti-clad politician from eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, sports a generous tuft and a constantly buzzing mind. As chief administrator of the Union Territory with no elected legislature, he is probably the most powerful official in the country. He lists the things he has done to straighten things out: Denial of jobs to the immediate family members of top militant/separatist leaders being one.