New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government accused Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung of acting in an unconstitutional manner by issuing instructions directly to the Secretary (Services) to give the additional charge of Chief Secretary of Delhi to senior bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin.
‘The Lieutenant Governor by-passed the elected Government, the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister (who also acts as the Minister in-charge of Services department). Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor does not have the extra-ordinary powers under the Constitution to bypass the elected Government and issue instructions directly to the Secretaries, whatever be the provocation,’ the Delhi Government said in a statement.
The statement further said that Gamlin was perceived to be extremely close to electricity companies in Delhi and was ‘lobbying for their interests within the government’.
Meanwhile, Jung too escalated his attack on the chief minister. ‘The name proposed by the Hon’ble Chief Minister did not figure in the list of names submitted by the Services Department and the concerned officer has not even been given a posting by the Delhi Government so far,’ said a statement issued by Jung’s office.
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