Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has accused the Union government of misusing agencies to target AAP leaders in false cases.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has accused the BJP-led Centre of “misusing its control over officers” to target the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders in false cases.
Addressing a press conference, Sisodia said, “In Delhi, because the L-G controls the services [department], he presses officers to issue such notices against their own ministers and the CM. Today, in Delhi, officers are not working on public services like water, electricity, education, etc., but most of the time, most of the officers are busy with such useless activities.”
Sisodia also said that the BJP has exercised “unconstitutional control” over the officers of the Delhi government through the central government for the last seven years.
“The BJP has been constantly and unconstitutionally misusing the officers,” he said, adding that “the notice is an example of how the BJP has been misusing its power to serve its political agenda.”
Alleging that IAS officer Alice Vaz was threatening Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the behest of the BJP to pay Rs 164 crore within 10 days, he said they would try to take action against the AAP chief if he (Kejriwal) did not.
Sisodia said the people of Delhi elected Kejriwal by an overwhelming majority to get Delhi government officials to work for the citizens of Delhi—to build schools and hospitals.
“They gave him a mandate to get work done for the poor and for the greater progress of Delhi. But the BJP is controlling these officers in an unconstitutional manner and is misusing them for their political vendetta against Arvind Kejriwal,” he said.
