New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal today accused Lt Governor Anil Baijal of encouragingofficers to hide files from his Cabinet colleagues andwondered if the L-G was not "disrupting" the elected AAPgovernment.
The comments come a day after Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia wrote to Baijal seeking action againstofficials of education department who he alleged were sendingfiles on teachers training to the L-G office withoutconsulting him.
"Isn't LG disrupting an elected govt by encouragingofficers not to show files to ministers? Why are files relatedto teachers being hidden from education minister? How does aneducation minister run schools like this?," Kejriwal tweeted.
In a response to Sisodia's letter, Baijal had written tohim seeking to know who has given this impression to thedeputy chief minister that his office has given instructionsnot to show any file concerning teachers to the minister-in-charge.
Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, wasirked by the move of Directorate of Education (DoE) officialsand Chief Secretary of sending the file to L-G Office with adetailed plan of a visit of principals and teachers to Finlandfor training.
The minister had alleged that the officers have been"killing democracy" on the "directions" of the L-G office bynot consulting him before sending the file.
In recent past, the deputy chief minister had alsoclaimed that officers are not showing files to him on thedirections of the Lieutenant Governor. PTI BUNDIP.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.