The Delhi Congress on Monday wrote to lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal and demanded prosecution of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Ministers on the basis of the Shunglu committee report. The party has also decided to approach the Court after getting prior sanction from the l-G.
“We demand the sanction to prosecute Kejriwal and his Ministers under the Prevention of Corruption Act, based on the Shunglu committee report,” Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Ajay Maken said.
He said the l-G has the power to sanction the prosecution but the l-G and the Central Government had not taken any action on the report even after more than seventh months of its submission.
“If Baijal failed to accord sanction for prosecution, it will be then clear that the both (Centre and Baijal) are helping Kejriwal to get out from this crisis,” he added. Maken also said the Congress will launch a signature campaign in Delhi from Tuesday and hand over 10 lakh signatures to Kejriwal as a referendum on the AAP.
In a letter to the l-G, Maken said, “After pursuing the said (committee) report, I requested the Commissioner of Police, Delhi to register an FIR under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Kejriwal and carry out necessary investigation.”
“Since, despite passage of more than three weeks no action was taken against the accused persons, hence, on May 7, I again moved a representation before the ACB, along with a copy to the Joint Commissioner of Police, ACB,” he said.
The committee, headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) V K Shunglu, examined 404 files pertaining to various decisions taken by the AAP Government.
The panel has flagged decisions, including the allotment of land to the AAP for its office, appointment of Health Minister Satyendra Jain’s daughter as “mission director” of Delhi State Health Mission and a number of purported AAP functionaries as “advisors”.