New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor of Anil Baijal held a meeting on Wednesday to review the Covid-19 situation in Delhi and the city’s readiness to deal with it.
The meeting, which was attended by the Secretary of the Chief, the Secretary of the Additional Chief (Home and Health), Commissioner of Division, Secretary (Health), DMRC MD and other officials, has become another flame point in the relationship between the LG and Delhi government.
Within a few hours, the Chairman of the Minister of Arvind Kejriwal sent a tweet of objections to LG who held a meeting with important subjects without involving the elected government.
In his tweet, Kejriwal said: “It was against the constitution and assessment of the Supreme Court Constitutional bench to hold a parallel meeting as it was behind the selected government.
We are democracy.
People have chosen the minister’s board.
If you have questions, please ask the people Our minister.
Avoid holding direct meetings with officers.
Let’s respect democracy, sir “.
He quotes tweets from LG where LG has shared the results of the meeting.
At the LG meeting, the Ministry of Health is advised to ensure that all PSA oxygen plants, liquid medical oxygen storage tanks and the latest Cryogenic bottling plant are assigned on August 31 and the provisions for adequate drug stocks related to Covid-19 and black fungi are made so every The surge in Covid-19 cases can be grouped effectively and managed.
At the meeting, concerns were stated about reporting the right violations of Covid-19 behavior in Metro and other public transportation methods.
Division Commissioner, Police Delhi and DMRC’s head were asked to ensure that the Covid-19 protocol was strictly forced.
“The health department is recommended to disseminate multilevel action plans and to carry out targeted testing in places / sites opened to ensure the impact on further decision making,” LG tweeted.
The elected government and LG recently crossed the sword over a similar meeting in the past.
In a long letter to LG, Deputy Chairperson of Minister Manish Sisodia said the meeting was not constitutional and against the Supreme Court Decision of the Supreme Court, added that it was similar to the killing of democracy.
LG responds to Sisodia’s letter by calling unfounded charges.
He said that the AAP government had attached the wrong connotation with his actions carried out in good faith and to facilitate coordination between central and state government institutions to ensure effective implementation in the interests of people’s welfare.
LG maintained the meeting and said that they were truly in the constitutional terms and responsibilities entrusted to the LG office.
The LG office did not react to cm objections to Wednesday’s meeting.