"Lame Excuses": Delhi LG Slams AAP After Ministers Snub Meetings Call
NDTV
Two such meetings were called - on March 29 and April 2 - but AAP leaders, who are embroiled in a fierce battle with the BJP over Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, skipped both.
Amid the festering AAP vs BJP row - kicked into high gear last month after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest - Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to the Union Home Secretary to complain of a "lack of seriousness" by Delhi government's ministers when called to meetings at the LG's office.
Mr Saxena's office has alleged a lack of cooperation from Delhi's Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj. Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot, and Public Works Department Minister Atishi, when summoned to discuss problems with Delhi's medical infrastructure and "routine works of governance".
"... instead of solving issues (the ministers) indulged in public mud-slinging and refused to meet the Lieutenant Governor citing lame excuses..." the LG's office said in the letter, criticising Mr Bhardwaj for his response; the AAP leader had said "I do not think (this) meeting can be called without the directions of the Chief Minister. Please convey (this to the Lieutenant Governor)."
