Baijal, last month had held a meeting on the status of CCTV camera installation, a poll promise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which prompted Sisodia to dub his actions "illegal".
Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal's decision to set up a high-level committee to prepare a common framework for installation, operation and monitoring of CCTV cameras in the national Capital has not gone down well with the Delhi government. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia termed the decision as "unconstitutional".
Baijal, last month had held a meeting on the status of CCTV camera installation, a poll promise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which prompted Sisodia to dub his actions "illegal". He said Baijal should follow the Constitution and not be a "dictator".
"Forming such a committee is wrong and unconstitutional. We are examining the whole issue and PWD Minister Satyendar Jain will write a letter to the L-G in this connection on Thursday," Sisodia said.
The deputy chief minister, however, said that his government has not yet received any official communication from the L-G office over the issue. Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken had on Monday alleged irregularities in AAP government's CCTV project and said that tenders were allegedly allotted without Cabinet's nod.
Sisodia also hit out at the Congress for criticising the AAP government over the CCTV project. "People who were in power in Delhi for 15 years could not install one CCTV camera anywhere in the city... Had they cared about the people of Delhi when they were in power, things would have been better," Sisodia said.
The L-G house on Tuesday said that the committee has been tasked with recommending a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) or Regulatory Framework for the installation, operation, monitoring and other issues related to CCTV cameras in public spaces.
The government had in February finalised a concessionaire to install 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras in different parts of the city. The AAP government had said work would be completed by October this year.
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The government had in February finalised a concessionaire to install 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras in different parts of the city. The AAP government had said work would be completed by October 2018
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