A day after lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung rejected its request to dissolve the Shunglu Committee, the AAP Government on Saturday alleged the l-G was openly "threatening" to unleash the CBI upon it which highlights the "deep crisis in our federal democracy".
In a Press statement, the Delhi Government said, "It is a new low in the already blatant politicisation and misuse of the premier investigation agency of the country. Besides, it also unmasks the ulterior motive behind setting up of the three-member VK Shunglu Committee, whose formation was anyway in violation of the Constitution and the GNCTD Act."
The Government reiterated its advice to the l-G to dissolve the Committee, which is examining 400 files on decisions taken by the AAP regime, and "ward off" any attempt to create a "constitutional crisis" in the national Capital.
The Press statement stated, "The Council of Ministers of the Delhi Government had on Friday advised the l-G to dissolve this committee and return the 400 odd files illegally impounded by him. The Council had noted with deep concern as to how the Committee's illegal functioning was crippling various ongoing projects of public welfare. But instead of addressing the constitutional issues of legality and propriety raised by the Government of Delhi, Jung regretfully chose to respond in an unconstitutional and partisan manner.
"The unfortunate statement of Jung was issued through an official Press release on Friday evening. All major newspapers and TV channels have prominently published the said statement."
"His public statement only goes to highlight the deep crisis in our federal democracy. Increasingly, the high offices of Governors and lieutenant Governors are being politically misused to sabotage democratically elected Governments.
This decline in institutional integrity needs to be arrested at once, if larger national interest and democracy itself is to be preserved. The elected Government of Delhi would once again like to reiterate the advice tendered by its Cabinet to the l-G to dissolve the illegally formed committee," the Press statement said.