AAP MLA Vinay nominated as DJB vice chairman

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party's Dwarka MLA Vinay Mishra has been nominated as the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). Party MLA from Ambedkar Nagar Ajay Dutt and Trinagar MLA Preeti Jitender Tomar have also been nominated as members of the Board.

"Hon'ble Speaker, the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to nominate the MLAs as Vice Chairman and Members to the Delhi Water Board," a Delhi Legislative Assembly order on Wednesday said. The new Vice-Chairman has been nominated by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly as per the Delhi Jal Board Act of 1998, it added.

This comes as Somnath Bharti, who was the Vice President of the Delhi Jal Board earlier, had resigned from the post before filing the nomination for Lok Sabha elections in May. Vinay Mishra posted on X in Hindi, "I am very grateful to our leader, Hon'ble Shri @ArvindKejriwal ji, for making me the Vice President of Delhi Jal Board.