New Delhi: The centre’s representative to the capital, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, has submitted his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind citing “personal reasons”, sources told NDTV on Wednesday.A retired civil servant, Mr Baijal had taken over as Lieutenant Governor in December 2016 following the abrupt resignation of his predecessor Najeeb Jung.The role of Lieutenant Governor had been at the heart of an all-out power tussle between Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the BJP, which rules at the centre, for years until a landmark Supreme Court judgement in 2018 that spelled out their powers more clearly.The Lieutenant Governor does not have independent decision-making powers and the real power must lie with the elected government, the Supreme Court had ruled in a big win for Mr Kejriwal in the years-long fight for control of Delhi.The top court emphasized that except for anything related to land, police and public order, the Lt Governor has no independent decision-making powers under the constitution.The face-off, however, has continued to smoulder, with the Mr Baijal occasionally vetoing moves by the Arvind Kejriwal government and the AAP leader hitting back with acerbic remarks.
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