A statement cited Arvind Kejriwal’s two-day visit to Gujarat as the reason for his unavailability for the meeting.
A statement cited Arvind Kejriwal’s two-day visit to Gujarat as the reason for his unavailability for the meeting.
The weekly meeting of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and LG Vinay Kumar Saxena will not be held for the third time in a row this Friday (September 2) amid escalating tension between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Lieutenant Governor’s office. ,
A statement cited Mr Kejriwal’s two-day visit to Gujarat as the reason for his unavailability for the meeting. “Weekly meeting of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena will not be held tomorrow. The meeting of CM and LG has been postponed to this Friday due to the two-day visit of CM to Gujarat starting from tomorrow (Friday),” the statement said. stated in.
It said Kejriwal would address a public meeting in Gujarat’s Dwarka on September 2 and attend a town hall meeting in Surendranagar the next day.
Mr. Saxena and Mr. Kejriwal meet regularly every Friday to discuss matters related to the development of Delhi. However, the meeting last week (on 26 August) was canceled due to the special session of the Delhi Assembly. The meeting of 19 August did not even take place.
On 22 July also, Mr Kejriwal had skipped the meeting after Mr Saxena recommended a CBI inquiry into alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses in the implementation of the Excise Policy 2021-22.
CBI raids 31 places including the residence of the deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia last month and also named him on charges of irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
The LG had also sought a report from the Chief Secretary on the “extreme delay of 2.5 years” in action on the CVC’s report on irregularities in construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools.
The AAP, on the other hand, is accusing Mr Saxena of a “scam of 1,400 crore”, which was claimed by party legislators during his tenure as chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission in 2016. AAP MLAs also demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter.