New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi named NDMC chairperson

New Delhi, Jun 20:

leader and Lok Sabha MP

on Friday took over as the

of the New Delhi Municipal Council (

).

An official notification regarding the appointment of the New Delhi MP as chairperson of NDMC was received from the Home Ministry late yesterday.

Lekhi takes over from Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984-batch IAS officer who was appointed the NDMC chairperson in August last year.

Lekhi will be the second MP to be part of the Council after amendments were made in the NDMC Act in 2011.

Before Lekhi, the Congress MP from New Delhi, Ajay Maken, was its member.

As per the 2011 amendment, the MP and MLA of the New Delhi Lok Sabha and Assembly constituency automatically become members of the council.

The area under NDMC's jurisdiction comprises the territory known as Lutyen's Delhi and covers the VIP zone that houses the seat of authority in the national capital.

PTI