Kejriwal's fresh salvo against PM Modi; accuses DANICS & IAS associations in Delhi of being B teams of BJP

NEW DELHI: In yet another attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the PM of "shooting from the shoulders of L-G Najeeb Jung and officers."

Directing a fierce attack on bureaucrats, Kejriwal said that "DANICS and IAS associations have become full fledged B teams of BJP". Accusing Jung of being a Modi aide, Kejriwal tweeted, "LG personally attended DANICS assn meeting yesterday thro speaker ph. LG in turn was in touch wid Nripendra Misra in PMO."

Time has come to replace bureaucrats wid professionals and sector experts. Infuse fresh energy n ideas in governance

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

People will be v happy if these officers go on long leave. Govt ready to give paid leave. Governance will become honest, smooth n efficient

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

नरेंद्र मोदी जी इन officers और LG के कंधे पर रख कर बंदूक़ चला रहे हैं।

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

LG personally attended DANICS assn meeting yesterday thro speaker ph. LG in turn was in touch wid Nripendra Misra in PMO.

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

DANICS and IAS associations in Delhi have become full fledged B teams of BJP

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

Responding to the mass leave taken by bureaucrats against the suspension order by AAP government, Kejriwal said, "People will be very happy if these officers go on long leave. Government ready to give paid leave." "Governance will become honest, smooth n efficient," he further added in his tweets. Taking the fight between the Delhi government and bureaucrats to another level, the Delhi CM mentioned that the time has come to replace bureaucrats with professionals and sector experts. "Infuse fresh energy n ideas in governance," he tweeted.

Backing Kejriwal, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also started a bold attack over LG and IAS, DANICS associations. He questioned the decision of the associations to contact the LG and not the CM or Dy CM. He went further and said that the government did not need such officers and people of Delhi would feel happy to see more professionals.

"Why we need so many IAS & DANICS officers in govt when there is so much fresh dedicated professional talent available in Delhi," he tweeted.

People of Delhi would feel happy to see more professionals & experts instead of many of such officers who demand bribe and do nothing. N/10

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) December 31, 2015

Why we need so many IAS & DANICS officers in govt when there is so much fresh dedicated professional talent available in Delhi. N/7

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) December 31, 2015

Surprisingly! The Officers Associations also chose to contact LG who is on leave in Goa, instead of contacting CM or DyCM! N/5

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) December 31, 2015

Earlier today, Delhi government bureaucrats went on mass leave to protest against the suspension of two DANICS-cadre officers even as the Union Home Ministry declared the suspension as null and void.

A day after two senior civil service officers of the Home Department were suspended by the AAP government for refusing to sign on a Cabinet decision file, around 200 DANICS officers went on mass leave while 70 IAS officers have gone on half-day leave, showing solidarity with the suspended officers.