NEW DELHI: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday expressed concern over AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal labelling Atishi a “non permanent chief minister” and referred to as it a “flagrant disregard for the democratic spirit and values enshrined within the Structure”. In a letter to the chief minister, Saxena mentioned Kejriwal’s comment was an insult to President Droupadi Murmu, who appointed her, in addition to himself as her consultant.
Hitting again, Atishi alleged the lieutenant governor’s workplace was working as a BJP “proxy” and asserted that Kejriwal was Delhi’s “tallest chief”. In his letter to Atishi, the Delhi lieutenant governor mentioned, “A number of days in the past, when your predecessor, Arvind Kejriwal, publicly declared you as a brief or stopgap chief minister within the media, I discovered this extremely objectionable, and I used to be damage by it. This was not solely an insult to you but in addition to the president of India, and to me, in my capability as her consultant.” “The general public clarification given by Kejriwal relating to the non permanent or stopgap nature of your place has no constitutional provision and is a flagrant disregard for the democratic spirit and values enshrined within the Structure created by BR Ambedkar,” he added.
Saxena additionally praised Atishi for engaged on addressing varied administrative points after taking cost. “Throughout my two-and-a-half years of tenure, I’ve witnessed the individual occupying the place of chief minister truly performing the duties of the chief minister,” Saxena wrote to Atishi. The lieutenant governor additionally prolonged his new 12 months greetings to her.
“Whereas your predecessor had no division beneath his cost and didn’t signal recordsdata, you may have taken on the duty of varied departments and have tried to deal with varied administrative points,” he mentioned. Saxena added the circumstances beneath which Atishi was made chief minister, the duty for failures in finishing the varied pending works can be attributed to her after her personal occasion’s chief declared her as “stopgap”.
“The way in which through which, in your presence, Kejriwal has made unauthorised bulletins about senior residents’ and girls’s schemes within the title of the chief minister has tarnished the dignity of the workplace of the chief minister and the council of ministers,” he mentioned. Not too long ago, via public notices issued by two Delhi authorities departments, folks have been warned to be cautious relating to registration for “non-existent schemes” initiated by the previous chief minister, Saxena mentioned in his letter to Atishi.
“This incident is unprecedented and should have undoubtedly been uncomfortable for you,” he added. “Nonetheless, I additionally recognize the departmental officers who, whereas fulfilling their duties, introduced the proper info to the general public relating to the deceptive schemes and their registration within the curiosity of the general public,” he additional mentioned.
Saxena alleged that Kejriwal had been making public statements with none foundation or info, claiming that the transport division and different investigative companies would probe into Atishi and ship her to jail. “This isn’t solely false however such statements additionally suggest that you’re unaware of the actions of the departments working beneath you. In truth, it has now come to gentle via newspapers that the extra chief secretary of the transport division has written to tell you that neither any such motion is being taken by their division or the vigilance division, nor has there ever been any dialogue about it. He has fully rejected Kejriwal’s statements, labelling them as baseless and deceptive,” Saxena mentioned.
“As lieutenant governor, I’m involved about this degree of public discourse and, on the similar time, damage by the dialog that portrays the full-time chief minister of my authorities as a brief one,” he added. In her reply, Atishi mentioned Saxena ought to let go of “petty politics” and as a substitute deal with fostering collaboration.
“Obstruction of the ‘Mahila Samman Yojana’ is a transparent testimony of politicisation of the lieutenant governor’s workplace,” she charged. Atishi questioned how anybody might be so caught up in politics that they didn’t take care of the folks. “The lieutenant governor’s workplace is now working as a proxy of the BJP and, in its enthusiasm to guard the curiosity of the occasion, inflicting injury to the lives of strange Delhites,” she added.
She additionally identified that his duty was to take care of regulation and order. “It is the one job that you’re immediately chargeable for and mandated to do. Sadly, you may have miserably failed in holding this metropolis secure. A former MP is distributing cash to lure voters proper beneath your nostril however you illegally gave him police safety,” she charged, in a reference to BJP chief Parvesh Verma.
Atishi expressed hope that Saxena would let go of the “baggage of politics” that “ailed” him and work in the direction of the welfare of the residents of Delhi within the new 12 months.
