NEW DELHI: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, who was at the centre of a long and bitter power tussle with the Aam Aadmi Party, resigned from his post on Thursday, one-and-a-half years before his tenure ends in 2018.
“Lt Governor Shri Najeeb Jung has submitted his resignation to the Government of India. He thanked Prime Minister for all the help and cooperation he received during his tenure as the Lt. Governor of Delhi,” a press release issued by Jung’s office said.
Jung also thanked the people of Delhi for all their support and affection, especially during the one year’s President Rule in Delhi, when he got unstinted support from them and which in turn helped run the administration in Delhi smoothly and effortlessly. He also thanks the Chief Minister of Delhi for his association in the last two years, the statement said.