According to a gazette notification issued on September 17, New Delhi MLA Arvind Kejriwal, New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj and Delhi Cantt MLA Virender Singh Kadiyan were named members.
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Tuesday reconstituted the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) committee, naming seven of its 13 members, as the five-year term of the council overseeing Lutyens Delhi was to expire on September 19.
According to a gazette notification issued on September 17, New Delhi MLA Arvind Kejriwal, New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj and Delhi Cantt MLA Virender Singh Kadiyan were named members. Others are the additional secretary (UT) from MHA Ashutosh Agnihotri, the additional secretary from the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) Surendra Kumar Bagde, MoHUA joint secretary Ravi Kumar Arora and Delhi government secretary Niharika Rai.
Four non-official nominated members have not been announced yet. With about half the committee members, including the chairman, still not appointed, decision-making is likely to be impacted. “The four non-official members nominated and serving in NDMC include BJP senior leader and NDMC vice chairman Satish Upadhyay, BJP leader Kuljeet Chahal, Vishakha Sailani, and Girish Sachdeva. Although the first meeting took place in September 2019, the four appointed non-official members started operating on August 26, 2021, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In such a situation, the central government may also decide to extend their tenures,” an NDMC official said.
