vohra was the governments interlocutor in kashmir from 2003 to 2008 and had met and discussed issues with people from all shades of the political spectrum including some profreedom leaders in 2015 when pdpbjp took two months to forge an alliance governors rule was again imposed in the state he has always managed the crisis well for new delhi a senior bureaucrat told et preferring anonymity according to raj bhawan insiders vohra remains in touch with all stakeholders and writes to the chief minister and relevant ministries in delhi on different issues concerning the state he knows his job well and keeps track of the functioning of the chief minister and that of his gardener as well a raj bhawan employee told et peoples democratic party pdp broke its alliance with congress and governors rule was imposed for around 174 days vohra a successful bureaucrat who has served the government of india in different capacities for more than 55 years since 1959 knows jk well and has expanded his friendship beyond political and bureaucratic circles of the state this story originally appeared in on jan 23 2016srinagar jammu kashmir governor nn vohra who is currently ruling the state after the death of chief minister mufti muhammad sayeed has turned out to be one of the most successful but silent crisis managers for new delhi in this tumultuous state when he was hanged the british terminated the services of all his family members who were working with the government including his father who worked with the survey of india and was posted in kabul at that time while he strongly advocates dialogue with the separatists he has mostly stayed silent on the issue in recent times last year he had even written a detailed note to the home ministry expressing concern over the use of weapons and subsequent civilian deaths during the protests vohra who had studied in punjab and oxford universities is the nephew of indias famous freedom fighter sukhdev who was hanged by the british along with bhagat singh and raj guru vohra has served as principal secretary to prime minister ik gujral in 199798 and was a member of national security advisory board from 1998 to 2001 under the atal bihari vajpayeeled nda government more than 60 people were killed during that period which was followed by massive participation in the 2008 assembly elections bjp had then criticised vohra severely vohra took over the reins of the state from his predecessor sk sinha in 2008 in turbulent times people were seething in anger then in the wake of the land transfer to amarnath shrine board headed by the governor after pdpbjp coalition was formed last year he separately called senior pdp and bjp ministers to his office advising them on how to run the government and not behave like constituency mlas said people aware of the matter governors rule was imposed in jk third time under vohra on january 8 this year after mufti muhammad