L-G administers oath to NDMC members

Update: 2019-09-20 01:22 IST
Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal (fifth from left) poses for a group photo with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (4th left), MP Meenakshi Lekhi (3rd left) and other members of the reconstituted New Delhi Municipal Council after administering the oath of faith and allegiance to them, at a ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday. Vijay Kumar Dev (sixth right) was sworn-in as the Chairperson of the Council.

New Delhi : Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday administered the oath of faith and allegiance to the Constitution to the members of the New Delhi Municipal Council, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, according to a statement.

The council has been reconstituted on the basis of a notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), it said. Among the members who have been administrated the oath are Delhi Cantonment Board MLA Surender Singh, Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev, MHA Additional Secretary (UT) Govind Mohan, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Joint Secretary Nandita Gupta and Delhi Urban Development Secretary Manisha Saxena. Kejriwal and Lekhi have been nominated as members of the council.

The chief secretary has also been nominated as chairperson and member of the New Delhi Municipal Council.  

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