Vinai Kumar Saxena takes oath as Lt Governor of Delhi
New Delhi, May 26: Vinai Kumar Saxena took oath as the 22nd Lt Governor of Delhi at a ceremony at the Raj Niwas here on Thursday.
Saxena (64), was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Vipin Sanghi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Cabinet colleagues, Union minister Giriraj Singh, Delhi MPs and MLAs, and top bureaucrats of the city government attended the ceremony.
Saxena,
who
held
the
post
of
chairperson
of
Khadi
and
Village
Industries
Commission
(KVIC),
was
appointed
the
Lt
Governor
of
Delhi
on
May
23.
His
predecessor
Anil
Baijal
resigned
as
LG
on
May
18
citing
"personal
reasons".
Saxena
is
a
Kanpur
University
alumnus
with
a
pilot
license.
In March 2021, he was appointed by the Union government as a member of the national committee to commemorate 75 years of India's independence.
In November 2020, he was nominated as a member of the Padma Awards selection panel for 2021.