Hours before Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is to meet the President, the AAP government appointed Arvind Ray as the new GAD Secretary, replacing Anindo Majumdar.
Earlier today, after declaring L-G Najeeb Jung’s appointments “unconstitutional”, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has escalated the matter to the President.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday at 6PM. He is expected to take up issues like the appointments of bureaucrats and other “unilateral actions” by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
Kejriwal sought an appointment with Mukherjee following his bitter face-off with Jung over the appointment of Power Secretary Shakuntala Gamlin as acting Chief Secretary of Delhi.
Sources said Kejriwal will take up with Mukherjee “all unilateral decisions” taken by the Lt Governor “ignoring” the views of the elected government. This includes transfer and posting of bureaucrats and his directive to route key files through his office. They said Kejriwal will discuss the role and jurisdiction of the L-G’s office.
(With inputs from PTI)
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