Jung appointed Delhi LG from outside panel of suggested names

December 20, 2013 16:34

Former Vice-Chancellor of JamiaMilia University Najeeb Jung was appointed Delhi's LieutenantGovernor from outside a panel of five names which was earlierprepared by the Home Ministry.

In reply to an RTI query, filed by activist SubhashChandra Agarwal, the government revealed that initially a listof five names was prepared.

The names-- S Y Qureshi, former Chief election Commissioner; Salauddin Ahmed, former Chief Secretary ofRajasthan; Anwar Ahsan Ahmed, former Secretary (Border Management) in Ministry of Home Affairs; Shamim Banu, former Additional Chief Secretary of Karnataka and G S Kang, former Chief Secretary of Bihar-- were proposed in a Home Ministry note dated October 5 last year.

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