Delhi L-G vs AAP: The Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena has asked chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to remove Jasmine Shah from the post of Vice Chairman of the Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC) for misusing his office for political purposes.
Lt Governor also directed the CM to restrict Jasmine Shah from “discharging his duties” as the vice chairman of DDC and from using any “privilege and facilities” associated with the office of Vice Chairman, DDC with immediate effect till a “decision is taken by CM” in this regard.
Office chamber of Vice Chairman, DDC at 33, Shamnath Marg in Delhi sealed "in order to prevent access to the premises."
In a letter, the L-G directed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to restrict Shah from using any "privilege and facilities" associated with the office of VC, DDC, with immediate effect till "a decision is taken by the CM" in this regard.
An administrative order to this effect was issued by the planning department of Delhi Government on Thursday.
Jasmine Shah was given two opportunities to reply to the show-cause notice issued on October 17 by the Director of the planning department but he failed to submit his reply, an official said.
Instead, he said that the reply was submitted to the Minister of the Planning department.
The LG office also wrote a letter to the CM office on November 4, seeking Shah's reply which was not responded to. Thereafter, Lt Governor Saxena sought his removal and in the interim, to prevent any further misuse, Shah's office was sealed late on Thursday.
(With inputs from IANS)
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