Bureaucrats vs AAP govt: Four years of tussle

Delhi | Thursday | 14th February, 2019

Summary:

The incident triggered a major governance crisis as IAS officers united in protest and boycotted meetings with the CM and his ministers. In December 2015, bureaucrats went on a mass leave to protest against the alleged harassment of officers caught in the crossfire.Soon, the Delhi government became a not-so-coveted destination for bureaucrats. But differences arose in May 2015 between the government and the LG over routing of files. But the battle raged and bureaucrats found themselves caught in the crossfire. Gloves were soon off in this battle that continued to get bizarre by the day until a senior IAS officer found his office at the Delhi Secretariat locked under orders of the AAP government..