LG assures work won’t be hit: CM

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 24

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal assured that all steps would be taken to ensure that Delhi government officers start working normally, Kejriwal said, asserting that everyone – including the bureaucrats – need to work together for the betterment of the city.

Kejriwal, who with his cabinet colleagues met Baijal at his residence, said the governance in Delhi was suffering as officers had not been attending meetings with ministers for the past three days, in wake of the alleged attack on the Chief Secretary.

Addressing reporters at the CM's residence, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said the CM and other cabinet colleagues would ensure that no such incident gets repeated in Delhi.

Asked whether Kejriwal would apologise for the alleged attack on Prakash, he said the incident had been narrated incorrectly and that a probe was underway into the incident.

Sisodia said that governance had suffered as officials did not attend meetings and several meetings had to be cancelled and decisions deferred.

"We are grateful to the LG that he is looking into the issue from the perspective of Delhi's governance," he said.

"The LG has assured that he will speak to the officials to ensure that work is not affected and to work with ministers."

Meanwhile, a joint forum of employees and officers of the government today met Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to raise the issue of alleged assault on the Chief Secretary and apprised him about the "difficult working condition" prevailing in the AAP dispensation, also detailing the episodes over the past few years.