Sisodia asks L-G to ensure officers attend meetings

Delhi | Tuesday | 27th February, 2018

Summary:

more-inWith officers continuing to skip meetings in protest against the alleged attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by Aam Aadmi Party MLAs last week, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday asked Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal to ensure that the bureaucrats attend meetings. But since you as L-G are in-charge of Services we can only appeal to your constitutional obligation, in hope that you would follow the diktat of law [sic].” Mr.

Sisodia asked the L-G to ensure that officers attend the rescheduled meetings as well as other meetings. Mr.

Sisodia said the meeting was earlier scheduled for February 22 but officers had asked for it to be shifted to Monday. The IAS, DANICS and Delhi Administrative Subordinate Service (DASS) officers’ associations had on February 20 said they would restrict themselves to written communication with the political executive till the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister apologised for the incident. Written communicationMr.

Prakash had accused AAP MLAs of assaulting him in the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Mr.

Sisodia at the Chief Minister’s residence on the intervening night of February 19 and 20..