AAP vs Delhi Lt Governor As Arvind Kejriwal Skips Gandhi Jayanti Event
NDTV
The AAP said Arvind Kejriwal could not attend the birth anniversary events as he was campaigning in Gujarat for the state Assembly polls.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministerial colleagues on Monday of showing "utter disregard" towards the commemoration of the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri by not attending the events organised for the purpose.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit back, saying Mr Kejriwal could not attend the programmes as he was campaigning in Gujarat for the state Assembly polls and also accused the Lt Governor of acting at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr Saxena termed the absence of Mr Kejriwal and other Delhi ministers at Raj Ghat and Vijay Ghat, memorials to Gandhi and Shastri, on Sunday "unacceptable" and "appalling", saying such events call for "commemoration of much beyond the issuing of symbolic advertisements in newspapers that your government very promptly did".
Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta alleged that Mr Kejriwal has an old habit of changing colours.
