Fresh turf war between Jung and Kejriwal over cancellation of appointment of DWC chief
Reports quoted Jung as saying this in a letter that cancels the appointment of Swati Maliwal, the new chief of Delhi's women's panel.
The letter says the appointment of Maliwal as the new chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women was not approved by Jung and so is invalid.
This seems to have given a fresh lease to the high voltage turf war between Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Lieutenant Governor who dragged the issue to the Centre and then to the Supreme Court, particularly after row over the authority of appointment of government officials.
Maliwal, 30, the wife of Aam Aadmi Party leader Navin Jaihind, was appointed by the AAP government four days ago.
She took charge on Monday and had said earlier on Wednesday, "I have no official communication so I can't talk about it. I am doing my work. The Delhi Government has appointed me and if Delhi Government takes back the appointment, I will abide by it."
Kejriwal accuses the BJP-led central government of trying run Delhi through the Lieutenant Governor bypassing the democratically elected AAP government.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
