Delhi LG working as BJP ‘proxy’, alleges Chief Minister Atishi
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday alleged the office of Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena has been working as a BJP "proxy.”
Her comments came after Saxena’s letter to Chief Minister Atishi on Monday triggered a political row following he criticised Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly calling Atishi a “temporary CM.”
Saxena alleged that Kejriwal had called Atishi a “temporary, kaam chalau [passable] CM.” Saxena did not mention where and when had Kejriwal made the alleged comments.
In response, Atishi asked Saxena to let go of “petty politics.” She said it was “evident that the office of the lieutenant governor is now working [as] a proxy of the Bharatiya Janata Party.”
In reference to the allegation that Kejriwal had called her a “temporary CM”, Atishi said “it is a testimony to the democratic principles of our country that all elected members of the government are in fact temporary and remain in office only till the duration of their term.”
“I am amused by you taking offence at any statement highlighting this reality of an active democracy,” the chief minister said in her letter shared by the Aam Aadmi Party on social media.
“Obstruction of the ‘Mahila Samman Yojana’ is a clear testimony of politicisation of the lieutenant governor’s office,” she said. “As a woman, I am personally anguished by your recent steps to malign and create hurdles for this scheme.”
Kejriwal was the “tallest leader” in Delhi who “managed to do more work in his tenure of nine and a half years, that collectively done by the previous governments,” Atishi added.
