Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has called a meeting of all the Secretaries and Chief Secretaries on Wednesday.
His move comes after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met President Pranab Mukherjee earlier today amid the ongoing impasse between the city administration and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung’s office over a series of bureaucratic appointments.
Sisodia later told media persons that the President had been told that the Lieutenant Governor is trying to run the Delhi Government on his own terms
“We also told the President that LG sir is directly issuing instructions to officers bypassing the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers,” he said.
Lieutenant Governor Jung had met President Mukherjee earlier in the day.
Jung had appointed senior bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin as the acting Chief Secretary despite strong opposition from Kejriwal.
The Kejriwal government, however, had levelled serious allegations against Gamlin accusing her of being extremely close to power distribution companies in Delhi. Kejriwal also sent her a letter asking her not to take up the post as, according to him, her appointment was against rules. (ANI)