Arvind Kejriwal Fires Verbal Salvo at LG Najeeb Jung

The rift between the Delhi State Government and the Lt Governor Najeeb Jung seems to be deepening with every passing moment. The current confrontation is over the appointment of an acting Chief Secretary in the state. CM Arvind Kejriwal has said that the LG should act with the limits of the Constitution and should not try to overtake the democratically elected government.    

Senior bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin took charge as acting Chief Secretary despite being asked by the AAPgovernment not to do so. An aggrieved Kejriwal wrote an angry letter to the LG asking him not to act outside of the confines of the Constitution; he accused him of trying to render the government ineffective. 

"I cannot but conclude that this is a thinly disguised attempt to reduce the democratically elected government ineffective and administer the National Capital Territory of Delhidirectly," Kejriwal said in his letter.

"I would strongly request you to remain within the confines of the Constitution and the laws relating to Government of NCT of Delhi. You are holding a Constitutional position. Whatever be the political pressure, you have a duty to uphold the Constitution," CM wrote in his letter.

The LG yesterday appointed Gamlin, a 1984-batch civil-services officer, as the acting Chief Secretary of the state despite strong opposition by the AAP government. The AAP is of the opinion that she has a close links with BSES discoms. However, she refuted the accusation by terming them baseless.

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