Delhi Lieutenant Governor(LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena has turned down Vigilance Minister Atishi’s proposal for reviewing his earlier stand with regards to charges made by her in a ‘Preliminary Report’ (on 14.11.2023), against Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and Divisional Commissioner Ashwani Kumar in Bamnoli land acquisition matter.

Giving details here on Friday, officials said Saxena noted that the resubmitted file was nothing but re-spinning of theories by the Minister and there were no new facts presented to buttress her illogical arguments.

It appears that the entire exercise/intention for resubmission of the file was only an attempt to mislead the general public and the Courts from the core issue for reasons best known to the Minister, the LG said.

The LG, disposing the earlier file on 19.11.2023, containing the preliminary report submitted by Atishi and forwarded to him by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had in a reasoned order held that the report submitted by her was half baked, incorrect, based on preconceived assumptions and presumptions, malafide and,therefore, held the role of the Chief Secretary and the Divisional Commissioner above board in the aforesaid matter.

He had accordingly turned down the proposal to remove them from their posts and order any further inquiry, saying that an inquiry was already underway by the CBI and any such step as suggested by the Minister and the Chief Minister would hamper the ongoing investigation instead of facilitating it.

Subsequently on 22.11.2023, Atishi had resent the proposal to “review his position on the preliminary report”. The LG, considering the fact that the matter of allegations made by the AAP Government and its Ministers were under consideration by the Delhi High Court in a plea of defamation made by the Chief Secretary, waited for the verdict and thereafter disposed the file on 13.12.2023.