Delhi Chief Secretary Andhu Prakash and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Delhi Chief Secretary Andhu Prakash and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal In what can be seen as a major embarrassment for Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a top bureaucrat in the Delhi Government has claimed to have been abused and assaulted by two AAP MLAs at the chief minister’s residence late on Monday evening. Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash has alleged that the incident took place when he was called to discuss the issue of distribution of ration as well as the advertisements for Delhi government’s three-year anniversary at Kejriwal’s residence. A few MLAs were also reportedly present at the meeting. While the AAP has denied the allegations, Prakash is scheduled to meet Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal over the matter. The party has termed the Chief Secretary’s allegations as “ludicrous” and accused him of acting at “BJP’s behest.” Taking to Twitter, the party said, “About 2.5 lakh families deprived of rations last month due to faulty implementation of Aadhar. MLAs were under tremendous pressure from the public. There was a meeting of MLAs at CM residence. CS refused to answer questions saying that he was not answerable to MLAs and CM and that he was answerable only to LG. He even used bad language against some MLAs and left without answering any questions.” The party also denied reports that there was a discussion on the party’s advertisements. AAP’s response to false allegations by Chief Secretary ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/dl3M2MrXW6 — AAP (@AamAadmiParty) February 20, 2018 In an e-mail sent to Delhi Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and LG Baijal, AAP leader Prakash Jarwal also alleged that it was Prakash who misbehaved at the meeting and stormed out of it. The letter also alleged that the Chief Secretary made casteist remarks against Dalit leaders Ajay Dutt and Jarwal. Meanwhile, Manisha Sinha, secretary of IAS association said that they will continue to work for public interest wearing black band to show their protest. “We met the Lieutenant Governor and put forward our concerns. The Chief Secretary was called for a meeting late at night; chief minister, deputy chief minister and MLAs were there. When the Chief Secretary reached, he was roughed up. Since few years such things have been happening, officers have been insulted and humiliated,” ANI quoted Sinha as saying. DN Singh, the president of Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services, has called for a strike until the accused are arrested. Calling it a “constitutional crisis,” he said, ” We are going on a strike with immediate effect, we are with our Chief Secretary until they (those at fault) are not arrested we will not get back (to work). We have urged LG to take legal action be taken against those responsible. This is like a constitutional crisis, never seen such a thing happen in the past many years,” as reported by ANI. Reacting to the incident, Congress leader Ajay Maken called it a “new low” and asked CM Kerjiwal to apologise for the “hooliganism which took place before him” “AAP govt is unable to deliver-Beating of Chief Secretary by MLAs in front of CM is another low & is aimed to divert attention from Govt failures! AAP does not know Governance and has failed miserably,” he wrote on Twitter. “It will be a very dangerous situation if Delhi goes towards administrative paralysis. LG should immediately meet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Confidence should be restored among administrative officers,” he said while addressing a press conference in the National Capital. “It clarifies how AAP is involved in malpractices and corruption. If something good happens Kejriwal and his MLAs take credit and if it’s something bad onus falls on govt. Is tarah se haathapaai karna! Koi gundagardi hai kya?” ANI quoted Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit as saying. For all the latest Delhi News, download Indian Express App © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd

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