Anil Baijal to take oath as Delhi LG on Saturday
December 29, 2016 20:01
Former Home Secretary Anil Baijal will take over as new Lt Governor of Delhi on Saturday in the backdrop of escalating confrontation between the AAP government and the Centre on a range of contentious issue
including control over bureaucracy.
Baijal, a 1969 batch IAS officer, will be administrated oath of office and secrecy as 20th Lt Governor of Delhi by Chief Justice of Delhi High Court G Rohini at Raj Niwas in Civil Lanes area of North Delhi.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Cabinet colleagues, senior bureaucrats of Delhi Government and a host of invitees are expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
Baijal, who had served as Union Home Secretary under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government besides holding key positions in several other ministries, will have to find a way out to work with the AAP government which had an acrimonious relation with Najeeb Jung who quit as Lt Governor last week in a surprise move.
Baijal, known to follow the rule book, will have to take a series of important decisions including on the report of Shungulu committee, set up by Jung to examine over 400 files pertaining to decisions taken by the AAP government in the last two years.
The Shungulu committee has reportedly pointed out "irregularities" in some of the Kejriwal government's decisions.
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