Rahul Gandhi slams Arvind Kejriwal, BJP over Delhi crisis
New Delhi, June 18 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the latter's protest as he felt it is creating troubles for the people of the national capital.
Kejriwal along with his deputy Manish Sisodia, ministers Satyendra Jain and Gopal Rai, went on a sit-in dharna outside Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's office-cum-residence since last Monday, demanding him to direct IAS officers to end their 'strike' and approve doorstep delivery scheme of his government.
" Delhi CM, sitting in Dharna at LG office. BJP sitting in Dharna at CM residence.Delhi bureaucrats addressing press conferences.PM turns a blind eye to the anarchy; rather nudges chaos & disorder. People of Delhi are the victims, as this drama plays out," Gandhi tweeted.
Delhi CM, sitting in Dharna at LG office.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 18, 2018
BJP sitting in Dharna at CM residence.
Delhi bureaucrats addressing press conferences.
PM turns a blind eye to the anarchy; rather nudges chaos & disorder.
People of Delhi are the victims, as this drama plays out.
The criticism from Rahul Gandhi followed a rebuke of the AAP leaders for their mode of protest at the Lt. Governor's office by the Delhi High Court earlier in the day.
During the day, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who has been on a hungerstrike protest at Lt Governor's office, was taken to a hospital, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday.
Manish Sisodia being shifted to hospital, tweeted Kejriwal.
"Manish Sisodia's ketone level reaches 7.4. Yesterday it was 6.4. ideally it should be zero. 2+ level is considered to be danger zone. Team of doctors reaching LG house to see him" @Saurabh_MLAgk," tweeted AAP's Amit Mishra earlier.
Earlier, Delhi minister Satyendara Jain, who has been on a hunger strike too since Tuesday in connection with the ongoing tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, has been hospitalised after his health condition deteriorated on Sunday.
Questioning the validity of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party's sit-in dharna outside Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal's office, the Delhi High Court on Monday said such an agitation cannot be held at someone's office or house.
“Thing is that you’re sitting on a dharna. Who authorized them to sit on a dharna like this?” questioned the High Court.
“This can’t be called a strike. You can’t go inside someone’s office or house and hold a strike there,” said the court.
The observation by a bench of Justices A K Chawla and Navin Chawla came during the hearing of two petitions, one against the sit-in by Kejriwal and the others against the alleged strike by the IAS officers of Delhi government.
The HC was also approached by BJP MLA Vijender Gupta, seeking a court order to Kejriwal to end his 'dharna'.
Image: Rahul Gandhi Twitter page
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