lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday assured leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta that he would seek report from the Delhi Government on the matter pertaining to fake certificates of law & Justice Minister Jitender Singh Tomar. He further assured of appropriate action on the basis of report.
The assurance was given to Gupta, who led a delegation of BJP MlAs comprising OP Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan to the lt-Governor and submitted a Memorandum to him along with documentary evidence.
Gupta urged the l-G to initiate immediate steps to remove Tomar from the Arvind Kejriwal’s Cabinet and initiate disciplinary action against him.
The memorandum submitted by the BJP delegation said that the Delhities have lost faith in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal because he has been tolerating the corrupt practices of the Minister that too holding the charge of law Department. BJP MlAs said that since the law Minister has been exposed, he must be prosecuted and punished.
“It is the sacrosanct duty of Tomar is to uphold the law, but he has occupied the position by virtue forgery and dishonesty. He must not remain law Minister even for a day. It is ironical that Kejriwal swears by honesty and transparency has not taken any action till today against a man, who has committed a clear cut forgery,” said Gupta.
The leader of Opposition added that since Kejriwal has failed to maintain high moral standards in public life, the Opposition had no option but to approach the lt-Governor and request him to intervene in the matter.