Even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government defended its actions over the past few days in its confrontation with the Lieutenant-Governor, the Opposition took the matter to President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday, seeking his intervention.
A delegation led by Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta apprised the President of the “constitutional crisis” in the capital and requested him to intervene. “We informed the President about the deadlock and sought his intervention,” Mr. Gupta said.
Meanwhile, an elated Delhi government viewed the absence of a response to a letter – which had sought clarification on an order from the L-G declaring a minor re-shuffle in the bureaucracy effected by it ‘constitutionally void’ — as a welcome development.
“This just proves that the Government is not only in the right but also that its decisions have been completely in conformity with the Constitution. In any case, we are ready with our own response to any further clarification sought by the L-G as and when the need arises,” a Government official told The Hindu .
In another development, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, denied that the morale of bureaucracy had been hit by the ongoing tussle between the constitutional functionaries.
Mr. Sisodia said the AAP government had stopped transfers and postings that had become an industry in Delhi. “The officers involved in the transfer-posting industry in the previous governments are talking about boosting the morale of IAS officers after retirement.”
