Can The LG Do Anything Differently To Relieve Covid Crisis In Delhi? The present need for Delhi and its residents is for their elected government, the L-G and the Centre to work collectively for ramping up the national capital’s response to the Covid emergency. PTI Puneet Nicholas Yadav 2021-04-29T15:27:45+05:30 Can The LG Do Anything Differently To Relieve Covid Crisis In Delhi? outlookindia.com 2021-04-29T16:27:04+05:30 Also read As lakhs of Delhiites battle for their lives against an apocalyptic coronavirus pandemic and a crippled public health infrastructure, the BJP-led Centre has now effectively taken control of Delhi’s governance. The Union home ministry, on Wednesday, notified the controversial Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 – a natural corollary to the passage of the law by Parliament and President Ram Nath Kovind’s assent to it last month. The law effectively transfers a bulk of the powers for governing Delhi to the NCT’s Lieutenant Governor, Anil Baijal, while reducing the Aam Aadmi Party’s elected government of Arvind Kejriwal to nothing more than an Executive standing proxy for implementing the Centre’s commands.