BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi has been appointed a member of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
An official notification regarding the appointment was issued by the Home Ministry.
Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984-batch IAS officer, is the NDMC chairperson.
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.
