Delhi lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday evening in the aftermath of the alleged physical assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. Baijal’s meeting with the Home Minister assumes significance since all administrative works have come to a grinding halt in the national Capital, after the unsavoury incident.
Officers of Arunachal Goa Mizoram & Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, Delhi & Andaman Nicobar Island Civil Services (DANICS) and officials of Delhi Administration Subordinate Services (DASS) have stopped attending meetings called by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Ministers, the Deputy Chief Minister and the Chief Minister. The officers have boycotted meetings following an alleged assault on the Chief Secretary.
According to official sources, the lt-Governor met the Home Minister and both are believed to have discussed the administrative logjam that has enveloped governance in the city.
The Delhi Police had searched the official residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and seized footage of the CCTV cameras installed there. Following the assault, the the Chief Secreatry lodged a complaint leading to arrest of two AAP MlAs — Prakash Jarwal and Amanatullah Khan.
In his complaint, the Chief Secretary had alleged that he was phyisically assaulted by the Khan and Jarwal, in the presence of Kejriwal and his deputy Mniash Sisodia. He had gone to the Chief Minister’s residence on Monday night to attend a meeting after being called by VK Jain, the adviser to the Chief Minister.
Jain also corroborated allegations of the CS while desposing before Magistrate.
Delhi Government employees working with the different departments of situated across the city have also been observing a five-minute silence outside their respective offices every day as a mark of protest. They has said that they will continue till an apology is tendered to the chief secretary.