AAP govt and IAS officers ready for a truce in Delhi, issues to be addressed in a meeting
The stand off between the AAP government and IAS officers in Delhi ended on Tuesday with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calling off the nine-day sit-in at the LG’s office after bureaucrats started attending meeting with ministers.
The move came after Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal shot off a letter to the chief minister, asking him to meet officers urgently to address concerns of both sides.
AAP supporters cheered Kejriwal as he came out of the LG’s office in the evening and later he was given a welcome at his residence where he addressed party workers.
The chief minister termed it as a “small victory” while vowing to keep fighting for Delhi’s statehood.
“If the LG has prompted the strike by the IAS officers, it is very unfortunate. It is a small victory. Ninety-nine per cent of the IAS officers are very good. We have done a lot in power and water sectors and we could not have done this alone,” he told the party workers.
Meanwhile, an unimpressed opposition sounded a note of caution even as Kejriwal ended the protest, saying his “drama” has been exposed before the people of Delhi.
Nobody is sure that Kejriwal will not sit on dharna again although he has been “exposed” this time, Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said.
“At the end of the nine days of ‘nautanki’ (drama) by Kejriwal, the people fail to understand why he sat on dharna and what has he achieved,” he said in a statement.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken alleged that both Kejriwal and the BJP that were playing “dharna politics” in Delhi, have shifted gears due to waning media attention.
“Now that the entire country is discussing Kashmir development-Kejriwal and BJP leaders of Delhi thought that sitting on Dharna will not be adequately covered by the media. Both decided to wind up their Dharnas!” Maken tweeted.
BJP MLA and Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta said Kejriwal’s “drama” has been “exposed” by the struggle of the opposition leaders and the hunger strike staged by them.
Earlier, ending his long silence, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asking him to end the ongoing war with the IAS officers and address the concerns of both sides in a meeting.
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