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How can one person be a government: Kejriwal writes to Delhi Lieutenant Governor

| | Jul 23, 2015, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, Jul 23 (IBNS) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to explain "how can one person call himself the government".

His letter came after  Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung said his post is "the constitutionally valid and consistent definition of 'government'."

Jung had made the observation while disapproving the appointment of head of a women's right panel in Delhi.

"The government is chosen by the people. How can one person call himself the government," said the AAP national convenor.

He said the claim made by Jung is  as "laughable".

In his letter, Kerjrisal also  accused the Lt Governor of making the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) ineffective on the directions of Prime Minister Modi.

"Just as the PM has made the ACB ineffective, the L-G is now making the DCW ineffective on PM's direction," said Kejriwal in the letter.

"The DCW is completely out of jurisdiction of L-G, and he asking for file is completely undemocratic and amounts to blackmail," said the Chief Minister.


The Kejriwal government has been embroiled in a fresh turf war  with the  Lieutenant Governor following the cancellation of appointment of Swati Maliwal as the new chief of the Delhi Commission of Women. 

The AAP government had appointed Maliwal, wife of a party leader, but the Lieutenant Governor blocked it on the grounds of "breach of rules and procedures."

To drive home that he is the authority in making appointments in high places Jung said that the "constitutionally valid and consistent definition of 'Government' is the Lieutenant Governor."

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