It may be recalled that the AAP-led Delhi government and the LG were reportedly at loggerheads after Delhi deputy chief minister and Delhi’s Education minister Manish Sisodia, on Saturday, asked LG Saxena to behave like a LG.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs staged an overnight protest inside the Delhi Assembly, demanding the resignation of Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.
According to Sources, the protest continued through the night of August 29.A delegation of the AAP will knock the doors of the CBI for a complaint against the LG.
AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, addressing a press conference, said that all the AAP MLAs will sit under the Gandhi statue at 7 pm on Monday and they will stay inside the assembly overnight. Following the announcement regarding the protest, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj arrived with a suitcase in hand, to spend the night at the Assembly.
Naming Lt Governor Saxena in the money laundering case, the AAP MLAs are staging an overnight protest, while demanding his resignation from office. Having levelled a corruption case against Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor, AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak accused him of executing a ‘khadi scam’. As per AAP MLAs, the scam was orchestrated in the year 2016 and it revolved around the demonetisation decision announced by the BJP-led Centre.
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At the time, LG Saxena was the chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and he was named in a corruption case to the tune of Rs 1,400 crores in the Delhi Assembly, earlier in the day.
It may be recalled that the AAP-led Delhi government and the LG were reportedly at loggerheads after Delhi deputy chief minister and Delhi’s Education minister Manish Sisodia, on Saturday, asked LG Saxena to behave like a LG.
Mr Sisodia’s statement came after the Delhi LG’s office returne over 45 files to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Pointing out breaches of norms, the LG’s office flagged that CM Kejriwal would send important files and documents without his undersign or signature.
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