The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has chosen Vinai Kumar Saxena to be the Lt. The governor of NCT Delhi will take office from the date he assumes office. The appointment came days after Anil Baijal resigned from the post citing 'personal reasons'.
Saxena is a chairperson of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, an organization under the Ministry of MSME that is responsible for generating employment opportunities in rural areas through khadi and village industry programmes.
Baijal, a 1969 batch of IAS officer, was appointed 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in December 2016 after the sudden resignation of Najeeb Jung.
His over five-year tenure was marked by frequent run-ins with the AAP dispensation over administrative competence and governance related issues, including one in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers staged a dharna at LG office in 2018.