PMO, L-G behind officials’ agitation, says Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: At at time when his party is still to find a place in the opposition’s grand alliance being stitched together to take on the ruling BJP in the 2019 elections, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal trained his guns on the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday and accused the Centre of obstructing his government’s functioning.

Kejriwal alleged that the L-G Anil Baijal deliberately put hurdles to stall the AAP government’s bid to provide door step delivery of government services and camped at Raj Niwas with deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and leader Gopal Rai with a list of demands and protested against the L-G’s actions.

A press statement from the L-G’s office called the protest another ‘dharna without reason’ and advised CM to address the genuine concerns of the bureaucracy. He accused the Centre of conniving with the L-G ’s office and threatening officers, who have been boycotting meetings with AAP ministers for four months after the alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash, are being “threatened” into continuing their strike.


“The strike is being orchestrated by the PMO and coordinated by the L-G (Anil Baijal),” Kejriwal said adding that over the last four months, AAP government made several attempts to reach out to bureaucrats to end the deadlock. However, he claimed, they did not receive any help from the L-G.