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New Delhi: Vinai Kumar Saxena, chairperson of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), will be sworn in as Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) on Thursday, the LG office announced on Tuesday. Vinai Kumar Saxena appointed next LG of Delhi. (Image credit: Twitter) Saxena, 64, will be administered the oath of office at Raj Niwas at 11 am by the chief justice of Delhi high court Vipin Sanghi, the LG office said. The Delhi Cabinet headed by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and top bureaucrats such as the newly appointed chief secretary Naresh Kumar, additional chief secretary Satya Gopal, the special officer and the commissioner of the MCD Ashwani Kumar and Gyanesh Bharti respectively are expected to attend the ceremony. Also read: Delhi-NCR sees fresh late-night rain spell amid outages, flight woes: 10 points Saxena will be the first LG of Delhi from a non-bureaucratic, non-defence background. Saxena worked in the private sector for three decades before heading the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) of the central government for six years. He will replace former civil servant Anil Baijal, who headed Delhi’s government for at least five years and four months before resigning for “personal reasons” last week. Saxena, who will report to the Union home ministry, will directly oversee issues related to land, services, police and law and order, which come under the purview of the LG. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021, imple...

The Centre on Monday introduced a Bill in Lok Sabha to bring amendments to the Act that decides the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that if the proposed amendments to The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 are passed, elections and the elected government in Delhi will become meaningless. Officials said two proposed amendments, in particular, have the potential to render the elected government irrelevant. One seeks to state clearly that the expression “government” will mean the Lieutenant Governor in laws made by the Legislative Assembly; the other says that the opinion of the L-G has to be sought for any executive action. The “The Centre has brought in Parliament an undemocratic and unconstitutional Bill. It says L-G is the government and all decisions and files have to be routed through him,” Sisodia said on Monday. “This Bill goes against what the Supreme Court Constitution Bench order had stated. If this is what the Centre wants to do, what is the point of holding elections and there being an elected government in the state? Why does the Centre pretend to be democratic?” Explained ‘Will clarify ambiguities’ The Bill seeks to clarify the expression “Government”, which shall mean the L-G in context of legislation passed by the Assembly. This, it says, will be “consistent with the status of Delhi as a Union Territory” and will “address the ambiguities in the interpretation of legislative provisions”. Sisodia alleged that the amendme...

The BJP’s Delhi leadership got a dressing down on Wednesday after two of the 10 aldermen it had recommended for nomination to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena were found to be technically unfit for the job, forcing the party to retract their names to avoid embarrassment. Though nominated councillors, referred to as aldermen, do not have voting rights in the mayoral polls of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, they do hold significant sway and play an important role in standing committee elections, apart from the corporation’s in-house as well as ward committee meetings. Within minutes of their names being announced in a gazette notification, the party, according to sources, realised that Mahesh Singh Tomar and Kamal Jit Singh were not on the voter list. Party sources said both Tomar and Singh were then told to write to the lieutenant governor and recuse themselves from accepting their nomination. Suneet Chauhan and Manoj Kumar Jain have now been nominated. “The senior leadership received a complaint after which we verified this issue—and it turned out to be correct. Both Tomar and Singh were issued strict directions to immediately reach out to Raj Niwas and politely turn down their nominations citing personal reasons,” a source said. Raj Niwas, the office of the lieutenant governor, then nominated two others for the posts and a corrigendum was issued at night. “ Also read | On Wednesday, the AAP had alleged that procedural norms were violated and the elected governme...

NEW DELHI: LG V K Saxena on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the functioning of If the Kejriwal government thought it would be relatively easy in getting a favourable verdict on the contentious issue, given the recent SC ruling that the LG is bound by the aid and advice of the council of ministers headed by the CM over who controls bureaucracy in the capital, additional solicitor general Sanjay Jain turned an unexpected page from the Constitution relating to the creation of municipalities under Article 243Q. He differentiated the structure and mechanism of governance provided under the MCD Act from Article 239AA, which created the Delhi assembly and provided for an elected government. Can't have an exception: Govt For the Delhi government, senior advocate A M Singhvi informed a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala that the five-judge bench had considered all aspects of governance with regard to the unique status of Delhi and ruled that the LG is bound by the aid and advice of the council of ministers as the governor in a state. Singhvi said since the coming into force of GNCTD Act in 1991, in the last 30 years, the aldermen had always been nominated on the aid and advice of the elected government. "There cannot be an exception today in terms of settled law and practice," he said. Jain differentiated between the elected government and the corporation. "Governance of municipalities is independent of the regime of governance.....

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed giving the Lieutenant Governor the power to nominate aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will mean he can destabilise an elected civic body, NDTV report said. According to the report in NDTV, the Supreme Court wondered whether these nominations were of so much concern to the Centre. “A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala made this observation while reserving its verdict on the plea of the Delhi government challenging the Lieutenant Governor's power to nominate aldermen,” it said. It mentioned the MCD has 250 elected and 10 nominated members. In December last year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) defeated the BJP in the civic elections, winning 134 wards and ending the saffron party's 15-year run at the helm of the MCD. The BJP won 104 seats and the Congress finished a distant third with nine. "Is the nomination of 12 specialised people in MCD of that much concern to the Centre? Actually, giving this power to the Lieutenant Governor would effectively mean that he can destabilise the democratically elected Municipal Committees because they (aldermen) will have voting powers also," the bench as per the report said. “Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Lieutenant Governor's office said in the context of Delhi, it is pertinent to note that the 69th amendment came and GNCTD Act was notified, which collectively contain mechanism for governance of Delhi,” the report sa...

“It was indeed a pleasure meeting the Lt Governor designate Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena and Smt Sangita Saxena at Raj Niwas today. We had an enriching discussion sharing my experiences and his vision of Delhi (sic),” Baijal said in a tweet. Baijal resigned as L-G on May 18 citing “personal reasons”. Saxena, who held the post of chairperson of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), was appointed as the new LG of Delhi on May 23. Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Vipin Sanghi will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Saxena. NEW DELHI: Delhi’s outgoing Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday met L-G-designate Vinai Kumar Saxena and shared his experience of governing the city. Saxena will take the oath of office at the Raj Niwas here on Thursday. “It was indeed a pleasure meeting the Lt Governor designate Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena and Smt Sangita Saxena at Raj Niwas today. We had an enriching discussion sharing my experiences and his vision of Delhi (sic),” Baijal said in a tweet. Baijal resigned as L-G on May 18 citing “personal reasons”. Saxena, who held the post of chairperson of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), was appointed as the new LG of Delhi on May 23. Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Vipin Sanghi will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Saxena. googletag.cmd.push(function() ); Disclaimer : We respect your thoughts and views! But we need to be judicious while moderating your comments. All the comments will be mo...

Delhi Lieutenant Governor: कौन हैं विनय कुमार सक्सेना जिन्हें बनाया गया है दिल्ली का नया उपराज्यपाल? Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena News 18 मई को अनिल बैजल ने दिल्ली के उपराज्यपाल के पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया था। जिसके बाद से लोग नए उपराज्यपाल के नाम का इंतजार कर रहे थे। इससे पहले वो राष्ट्रीय खादी विकास एवं ग्रामोद्योग आयोग के अध्यक्ष थे। नई दिल्ली, जागरण डिजिटल डेस्क। राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद के रविवार को विदेश दौरे से लौटने के दूसरे दिन सोमवार को दिल्ली के नए उपराज्यपाल की घोषणा हो गई। राष्ट्रीय खादी विकास एवं ग्रामोद्योग आयोग के अध्यक्ष विनय कुमार सक्सेना को दिल्ली का नया उपराज्यपाल बनाया गया है। अब 26 मई को शपथ ग्रहण समारोह होगा। उपराज्यपाल से पहले विनय कुमार सक्सेना भारत में खादी और ग्रामोद्योग आयोग (KVIC) के अध्यक्ष थे। 23 मार्च 1958 को जन्मे विनय कुमार सक्सेना कानपुर विश्वविद्यालय के पूर्व छात्र रहे हैं। सक्सेना ने जेके ग्रुप के साथ धोलर पोर्ट प्रोजेक्ट के निदेशक का महत्वपूर्ण पद भी संभाला है। नए उपराज्यपाल व्यापक रूप से प्रशंसित एनजीओ-एनसीसीएल (नेशनल काउंसिल फॉर सिविल लिबर्टीज) के संस्थापक-अध्यक्ष भी हैं। इनके बारे में थी चर्चा इनसे पहले दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री ने ट्वीट कर लक्ष्यद्वीप के प्रफुल्ल पटेल के बारे में कहा था कि केंद्र इन्हें राजधानी में एलजी के पोस्ट पर ला सकते हैं। मालूम हो कि राज्यपाल या उपराज्यपाल की नियुक्ति के लिए केंद्र सरकार की सलाह पर राष्ट्रपति के हाथ से उनकी सील के साथ परिपत्र भेजा जाता है। इसीलिए प्रकिया में समय लगा। अनिल बैजल ने दिया था अचानक इस्तीफा अनिल बैजल दिसंबर 2016 में दिल्ली के उपराज्यपाल बने थे। इनसे पहले भी उपराज्यपाल रहे ...

Alleging that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena was acting like a ‘tribal chieftain to appease his big boss’, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday that the Supreme Court had told in 1998 that administrator means that the lieutenant governor will work on the advice of the elected government. Addressing the Delhi Assembly on the third day of its ongoing winter session, Sisodia said, “Baba Saheb (B R Ambedkar) had mentioned municipal governance in the fifth entry in List II in the Constitution. Local governance is a transfer subject. But the LG is neither following democracy, nor the Constitution.” Referring to the LG, Sisodia said, “He is acting like the chieftain of a tribe who is told that it is your job to oppress the people of this tribe. We have seen in movies that the chieftain of the clan obeys his elder chieftain to please him.” “Vijendra Gupta ji (BJP MLA), your party does not give respect to the educated people. Your party only gives respect to those who open emergency gates in airplanes,” Sisodia said. Blaming the LG over the appointment of presiding officer for the Mayoral polls for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Sisodia said, “The LG is lying that I sent six names for the presiding officer. I had sent only one name. The LG needed to give his opinion, not take a decision.” “Similarly, in the appointment of aldermen, the names came from the BJP and by putting pressure on the officials, they (BJP) got the notification don...

Delhi lieutenant governor (L-G) Anil Baijal sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday. However, the resignation, though abrupt, is yet to be accepted as the President is currently on a state visit to Jamaica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, till May 21. Anil Baijal, who resigned as Delhi L-G, on Wednesday. (File Photo) Also Read | Delhi LG Anil Baijal quits citing ‘personal reasons’ Baijal, who put in his papers citing ‘personal reasons,’ became Delhi's L-G on December 31, 2016. The former bureaucrat's five-year tenure ended last year but he was granted an extension. Also Read | Disagreements, but no discord marks Baijal’s tenure as Delhi LG Meanwhile, according to Hindustan Times' sister publication Livehindustan, one among the following four names will likely succeed Baijal, once the former Union home secretary's resignation is formally accepted: (1.) Praful Khoda Patel: The current administrator of Lakshadweep, which, like Delhi, is a Union territory, was in the news last year for what locals said were a set of decisions that would ‘affect the traditions and unique culture’ of the archipelago. Also Read | 'Black Day' to be observed in Lakshadweep as Praful Khoda Patel returns to island (2.) Rajiv Mehrishi: Like Baijal, a former Union home secretary, who also had stints as the finance secretary and Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), among others. (3.) Sunil Arora: A former chief election commissioner whose term ended in April last year, Aro...