VK Saxena, Lieutenant Governor(LG) of Delhi on Saturday administered the oath of faith and allegiance to the new team of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), led by Keshav Chandra as chairman and Kuljeet Chahal as vice-chairperson with others nominated members in a ceremony held at Raj Niwas.
NDMC has been reconstituted by the notifications issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on September 17 and November 5, in which three elected representatives from NDMC area constituencies, four official members and four non-official members have been nominated.
Accordingly, the LG also administered the oath to Bansuri Swaraj, MP, New Delhi, Virendra Singh, MLA, Delhi Cantonment, Anil Valmiki, Sarita Tomar and Dinesh Partap Singh, and Niharika Rai, secretary (finance), Delhi, as members of NDMC. Among them, Kuljeet Chahal has been nominated as the vice chairperson of the NDMC as per the notification of MHA.
The oath taking ceremony was also attended by Atishi Marlena, chief minister, Delhi.