New Delhi:
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s New Year greetings to Chief Minister Atishi, heavy in its criticism of her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, has drawn a stinging response. In a two-page letter, the Chief Minister, amongst different issues, expressed hope that within the New Year, Mr Saxena would “let go of the bags of politics” and work in the direction of the welfare of the folks of Delhi.
The 10-point “considerations” she raised, hit out at Mr Saxena over his “criticism reasonably than constructive cooperation”, “pointless interventions that slowed down vital work” and actions taken to cease the Mahila Samman Yojana and accused his workplace of turning into a “proxy of the BJP”.
The Lieutenant Governor, she alleged, has did not hold the town protected – “the one job that you’re immediately liable for and mandated to do”.
“While an ex-Member of Parliament has been busy distributing cash to lure voters proper underneath your nostril from his illegally occupied bungalow, your response of giving him police safety to conduct this criminality will go down in historical past as a benchmark of irresponsible and unlawful behaviour,” her letter learn.
“While children and girls are being kidnapped and assaulted every day in Delhi, you’ve gotten been occupied by pointless mudslinging and issuing directions to the police to conduct raids and inquiries on our leaders every day,” she added.
“Your actions have irreparably broken the respect that folks held for the workplace of the Lieutenant Governor and have tarnished the legacy left behind by your predecessors,” added the Chief Minister.
The Lieutenant Governor – who stated he was writing in a private capability — had opened his letter to the Chief Minister with a lot reward, commending her effectivity and initiative.
“This is the primary time in my two-and-a-half-year tenure that I’m seeing a Chief Minister discharge the duties of a Chief Minister. Your predecessor didn’t deal with a single authorities division and by no means signed a file. In distinction, you might be dealing with many departments and making an attempt to sort out many governance points,” he wrote.
The Lieutenant Governor additionally expanded on his criticism of Mr Kejriwal, pointing to his description of Atishi a “momentary Chief Minister”.
“There isn’t any such publish within the Constitution and it’s a reprehensible neglect to the idea of democracy within the Constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar,” he wrote, underscoring that it was an insult to the President of India who appointed her and himself, who administered the oath to her.
The Delhi authorities, Atishi wrote, is “deeply rooted within the imaginative and prescient and legacy” of her predecessor.
“Be it the tutorial reforms, healthcare revolution, or infrastructural developments, his mannequin of governance has change into a benchmark not simply in Delhi however throughout India. The progress we’re making at this time is a continuation of this legacy, and we stay dedicated to fulfilling this imaginative and prescient… The folks of Delhi have repeatedly proven their religion on this authorities and in Shri Arvind Kejriwal,” she wrote.