Delhi Gov vs LG: Ever since the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena took over, the figure of thirty-six is being seen between him and Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal. There is also a reason for this, VK Saxena first refused to approve the proposal of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to visit Singapore as soon as he came and argued that the program is not of CM level, it is of mayor label, so CM does not participate in it. do it. After this, the investigation of central investigative agencies regarding corruption in liquor policy increased this distance further.
LG-Kejriwal fight over bus purchase caseNow the new case The investigation of alleged corruption in the purchase of 1,000 low-floor buses of the Kejriwal government of Delhi has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor and VK Saxena has sent this complaint to the CBI. Now the controversy has deepened on this matter and the Delhi government has accused the Lieutenant Governor and said that Delhi needs more educated LG, the present LG does not know where he is signing.Giving a scathing statement, the Delhi government said that the Lieutenant Governor should first answer the allegations of corruption against himself. He is accused of committing a scam of Rs 1400 crore while the chairman of Khadi Village Industries Commission. During this, he gave the contract to his daughter without tender.
LG cancels new liquor policy, ongoing corruption investigationEarlier, there was a lot of controversy over the issue of Delhi's new liquor policy. Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena set up an inquiry on the Excise policy of the Delhi government and asked the CBI to investigate the tender process under the new excise policy. It was said that 'procedural loopholes were deliberately left in the tender to give undue advantage to the liquor licensees'. In this, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia was questioned saying his involvement. The investigation of this matter is going on.
Conflict continues since the appointment of Lieutenant Governor in DelhiLet us tell you that Delhi is a union territory and apart from the elected government, there is a Lieutenant Governor who has special powers. But there is always a tussle between the government and the LG. The current LG of Delhi is Vinay Kumar Saxena, before that there was Anil Baijal and before him was Najeeb Jung, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. CM Kejriwal's relationship with any of these Lieutenant Governors has not been good and some dispute has been coming to the fore between the two.Many years before 2014, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Lal Khurana, who became the Chief Minister of Delhi for the first time, had demanded full statehood for Delhi. In the manifesto of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the announcement of making Delhi a full state was also announced by the BJP. Then Congress and Aam Aadmi Party also talked about making Delhi a full state.
Many changes happened in DelhiDelhi was first included as a Union Territory in the Constitution. Later, by changing the constitutional provisions, a new Article 239AA was added under the 69th Constitutional Amendment, under which Delhi was given special status and the Union Territory of Delhi came to be called the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Legislative Assembly was also established in Delhi and the elected government along with the Lieutenant Governor was also involved.After this, the decision of the Delhi High Court in August 2016 said- “Although Delhi has been declared as the National Capital Territory since 1991, the presence of the Lieutenant Governor is also important. In such a situation, the decision of the Lieutenant Governor is necessary before the approval of any proposal. Then this matter went to the Supreme Court, then in July 2018, the Supreme Court decided that the Delhi government should be given freedom in making legislation and also said that restraint is not necessary in every case.Only after this decision, the Delhi government took decisions like free travel in buses, 200 units of electricity free for Delhi. The government of National capital territory of Delhi (Amendment) bill, 2021 called GNCT bill 2021, was passed in Lok Sabha on 15 March 2021 and Rajya Sabha on 24 March 2021. Only after getting this right, there have been disputes between the Delhi government and the LG from time to time.
When and why did the Delhi government-LG clash happen?- Kejriwal has been a constant attacker on the Lieutenant Governor since 2015. He even complained that the Chief Minister does not have the right to transfer even the peon posted in his office.
- In December 2015, the officers went on a day's leave against the suspension order of two special secretaries of the government.
- There was also controversy over the proposal of the Delhi government to install CCTV cameras. The Lt Governor had returned the proposal to the Delhi government, recommending necessary changes.
- After this, the demand of the Chief Minister was that the Lieutenant Governor should approve the door step delivery scheme. The CM had alleged that the Lieutenant Governor's behavior is like that of the Viceroy, he does not even have time to meet the Chief Minister.
- Najeeb Jung appointed Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police MK Meena as the new chief of ACB. Kejriwal strongly opposed this decision.
- Lt Governor Najeeb Jung used veto power to remove Dharampal, the Home Secretary of the Delhi government.
- Delhi government appointed Swati Maliwal as the chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). Najeeb Jung asked – why was his approval not taken.
- CBI raided the Chief Minister's Office. Kejriwal had blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Najeeb Jung for this.
- On the orders of the LG, the ACB had registered an FIR against Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the water tanker scam.
- Najeeb Jung fired Delhi's health secretary and PWD secretary. On this, Kejriwal had said that PM Modi wants to destroy Delhi through war.
- The dispute increased so much that the matter reached the Supreme Court from the High Court. The court then said in its decision that the Lieutenant Governor does not have independent authority to take decisions, he is bound to follow the advice of the government.