Vinai Kumar Saxena appointed Delhi Lieutenant Governor after Anil Bajial’s exit

A statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said Saxena's appointment as the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory will be effective from the date of he assumed charge of his office.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday accepted Anil Baijal's resignation and appointed Vinai Kumar Saxena as the next Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

Vinai Kumar Saxena appointed next LG of Delhi. (Image credit: Twitter)

A statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said Saxena's appointment as the Lt Governor of the National Capital Territory will be effective from the date of he assumed charge of his office.

"The President of India has been pleased to appoint Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena to be the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office," the statement read.

On May 18, Baijal had put in his papers citing personal reasons. The 1969-batch IAS officer was appointed as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory in December 2016 after the sudden resignation of Najeeb Jung.

Born on March 23, 1958, Saxena is currently the chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). He was appointed in the post in 2015.

An alumnus of Kanpur University with a pilot's licence, Saxena was on March 5, 2021, appointed as one of the members of the national committee to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, according to his profile available in the KVIC. This committee is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He had formed an NGO, National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) in 1991, which opposed Medha Patkar of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) for their attempts to stop construction of the Sardar Sarovar Project and other upcoming hydro projects in Narmada Valley since 1991.