AAP on Saturday accused Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung of stonewalling the party-ruled Delhi government’s efforts to bolster women’s security in the ‘unsafe’ national Capital, and said the L-G office was being ‘used as political tool’ by the Centre.
In an open letter to the L-G, the party’s Delhi convener Dilip Pandey alleged that Mr. Jung had turned down their repeated requests for a meeting regarding the appointment of Home Guards as marshals in DTC buses.
“This was an issue where Centre-State relations weren’t in question nor were you in the crossfire or necessarily required to be a proxy of the BJP-led central government. And yet, this was underused or rejected by you immediately,” he said.
He urged the L-G to mull over his role in the tussle over the appointment of the Anti-Corruption Branch head. “Now, it seems, again the office of the L-G is being used as political tool in the hands of the Centre, by unconstitutionally appointing M.K. Meena to a position that does not even exist in charter of Anti-corruption Branch (ACB), which isn’t just illegal but contempt of honourable court,” the letter said.— PTI
