Anindo Majumdar new CMD of Delhi Finance Corporation

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS of ficer Anindo Majumdar as the chairman and managing director ( CMD) of the Delhi Finance Corporation. Majumdar’s appointment comes days after he was removed from the post of principal secretary of the services department.

The Kejriwal government also appointed IAS officer Parimal Rai as principal secretary of social welfare and women and child development department. Majumdar was removed by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as principal secretary of the services department on May 16 after he issued a notification appointing senior bureaucrat Shakuntla Gamlin as the acting chief secretary on Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung’s instructions.

Jung on the same day had declared the order to transfer Majumdar “void” but the AAP government did not allow him to resume his duties and had appointed Rajendra Kumar as principal secretary of the services department.

“Anindo Majumdar has been appointed as CMD of Delhi Finance Corporation while Rai is appointed as principal secretary of the social welfare and W&CD,” stated an order signed by Rajendra Kumar, principal secretary in the services department.

Gamlin’s appointment as acting chief secretary by the L-G had led to a full-blown war between the ruling AAP and Jung, with Kejriwal questioning Jung’s authority and accusing him of trying to take over the administration.