8 Delhi govt officers write to LG’s office alleging harassment by ministers

On Saturday, May 20, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) House officers talked about that they’ve obtained complaints from eight officers from All India Services alleging ‘blatant harassment’ by the CM Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi authorities and the AAP authorities in Punjab. The complainants have alleged that the AAP governments in Delhi and Punjab started hounding them and their family members in retaliation to movement taken in opposition to celebration members and leaders.

According to authorities inside the LG Office, two complaints had been obtained earlier this 12 months, whereas six had been obtained since May 11, when the Supreme Court granted the Delhi authorities authority over all service points in addition to police, land, and public order. The officers who despatched the complaints embrace 5 IAS officers, 1 IPS and 1 IRS officer. Two of the officers belonging to Punjb have talked about that they and their households are being hounded by the Punjab Police, the place AAP is in vitality.

Among the officers alleging harassment by the palms of AAP leaders is Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, who accused Services Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj of misbehaviour and intimidation in opposition to division officers. On Friday, Bharadwaj, on his half, filed a police report accusing Kumar of making dying threats to him on May 16. Police have acknowledged that they are investigating the matter.

Naresh Kumar, nevertheless, claimed in a letter to the LG that Bharadwaj made the claims to protect himself from his alleged wrongdoing with service division officers. It is notable that the Delhi govt is attempting to remove Naresh Kumar from his submit of chief secretary. The govt has requested the centre to change him with IAS officer Praveen Kumar Gupta, at current posted as Additional Chief Secretary in Delhi authorities.

According to L-G House officers, IAS officers Ashish More and Kinny Singh, every posted inside the Services Department, have accused Bharadwaj of using demeaning language in opposition to them and forcing them to sign a doc they did not must sign. They added that Amitabh Joshi, one different division official, was moreover intimidated.

Another complainant is YVVJ Rajasekhar, Special Secretary (Vigilance), who claims “a coordinated effort to defame” him and take away him from his place so that alleged scams involving the Delhi authorities cannot be probed.

Furthermore, LG Office officers talked about that an attempt was made to intimidate Delhi’s vitality secretary Shurbir Singh by way of Punjab Police. In response to this harassment, Singh moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in accordance with the officers. According to LG Office insiders, IPS officer and anti-corruption division chief Madhur Verma, who can be from Punjab, was moreover “hounded” by the Punjab Police.

Two completely different officers who’ve alleged harassment by AAP leaders are Kunal Kashyap, IRS officer and chief assessor and collector within the residence tax division of the MCD, and Amitabh Joshi, ad-hoc DANICS officer and deputy secretary inside the firms division.

Meanwhile, the Delhi authorities in an announcement has known as the complaints ‘fake’ and accused the L-G of having fun with ‘dirty’ politics.

The complaints in regards to the alleged harassment of the IAS officers will in all probability be forwarded by the Delhi L-G to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) as MHA is their cadre controlling authority. The L-G House officers reportedly talked about that the in all probability consequence of these complaints being forwarded to the MHA could be the launching of inquiries in opposition to accused AAP leaders.