Sleepover at LG's office.
There was high drama on Monday night as Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues met LG Anil Baijal and refused to leave until their demands were accepted. The party of four stuck to their words, spending the night at the LG's office.
They were demanding among other things, a direction to IAS officers to end their strike, action against officers who have struck work for four months, and the LG to approve the Delhi government’s proposal on doorstep delivery of rations scheme.
Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted last evening at 6 PM: “Handed him this letter. LG refuses to take action. LG is under constitutional duty to act. Left wid no option, we have politely told LG that we will not leave till he acts on all points. We hv come out of his chamber n sitting in his waiting room (sic).”
DNA has learnt that the Delhi Chief Minister, along with his deputy CM Manish Sisodia, and cabinet colleagues Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai spent the night at the LG’s office. Reports suggest that the Delhi CM and his party ordered food and even an insulin injection (Kejriwal is a diabetic). The party of four had dinner at the LG’s office before sleeping there. The Delhi Police says reserve force has been deployed outside to Raj Niwas to tackle any situation and no AAP workers would be allowed to reach Raj Niwas to join protest.
The morning after
The Delhi CM and his colleagues have also continued their criticsm of the LG online:
Earlier, the AAP dispensation claimed that several efforts were made to end the "strike" by IAS officers due to which government work has been suffering in past four months. Sisodia said that he met and wrote to the L-G five times about the strike but he did "nothing" to end it "How can elected govt work, if Hon LG supports IAS officers strike like this," he tweeted from Raj Niwas. The AAP government and the bureaucracy have been at loggerheads since the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAs at Kejriwal's residence on the intervening night of February 19-20.
Earlier on Monday, Kejriwal accused the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Centre of "unleashing" the Lieutenant Governor, IAS officials and agencies such as the CBI, ED, I-T Department and the Delhi Police on the AAP government to stall its functioning. He had alleged that Delhi government officials, who have been boycotting meetings with AAP ministers for four months after the alleged assault on Prakash, are being "threatened" into continuing their strike. "The strike is being orchestrated by the PMO and coordinated by the L-G (Anil Baijal)," Kejriwal told reporters.
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