Determined to roll out ambitious CCTV cameras project in the national Capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and all Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MlAs have decided to walk to Raj Niwas on Monday.
“The Chief Minister, alwong with all the AAP MlAs, will march to Raj Niwas to meet the lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to seek his nod for CCTVs cameras to be installed in the city,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday. Sisodia has also written to Baijal informing him about the visit.
The tussle over the CCTV project, which AAP claims to be its poll promise, has snowballed into yet another confrontation between the AAP Government and the l-G. Kejriwal had on Friday also sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the execution of the CCTV project saying it was related to women safety and should be above politics.
“For three years when we were working on this project, the l-G was silent. Suddenly now when the tender has been allotted he sees loophole in the system. The Chief Minister, along with all Delhi Ministers and AAP MlAs, will walk to l-G house to discuss the issue,” Sisodia told reporters.
“The stalling of CCTV project has created uproar in public. We will come at 3 pm on Monday to discuss the issue with you. If the time is not suitable to you, you can tell us an alternative time on that day,” Sisodia wrote said in the letter.
It may be noted that on Tuesday, Baijal formed a committee to come up with a standard operating procedure for the installation, operation and monitoring of closed-circuit televisions.
Kejriwal had alleged on Friday that the only aim of setting up the committee was to interrupt Government work and not let the CCTVs be installed. Setting up CCTVs was a key poll promise of the AAP.
Meanwhile, former Delhi BJP president and Union Minister Vijay Goel slammed Kejriwal for his non-stop attack on the Centre and the lieutenant Governor. Goel said, “This time Kejriwal has dragged the CCTV issue and has stated that the Centre is not allowing it to implement the policy. Kejriwal should answer why the AAP failed to act in its four years to implement the scheme.” Goel further stated the lt-Governors taken the correct measure by implementing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in this regard to check any irregularity by the Kejriwal-led Delhi Government.