Delhi gets new Lieutenant-Governor

Delhi | Saturday | 31st December, 2016

Summary:

more-inFormer bureaucrat Anil Baijal was sworn in as Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor on Saturday, just over a week after Najeeb Jung resigned from the post. Mr.

Baijal had served as Home Secretary in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government and was now associated with the Vivekananda International Foundation. The Speaker of the Delhi Assembly, Ram Niwas Goel, and MLAs from the Aam Aadmi Party as well as BJP were present at the swearing-in ceremony that took place at Raj Niwas. Mr.

Baijal, an IAS officer from the 1969 batch, was administrated the oaths of office and secrecy by Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court G.

Rohini in the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Cabinet..