On Monday, first the Chief Minister’s residence, then the Delhi Assembly, and eventually the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s office stood witness to return of “activist” Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi chief minister first tore apart the LG in the morning presser and in his speech in the Delhi Assembly, before going to the LG’s office in the evening.
In a letter to Baijal, he said, “This is the first time in the history of independent India that IAS officers have gone on a strike for almost four months. Their act is gross misconduct under the AIS conduct rules.” He further alleged this was the first time that “PMO and Hon’ble LG are instigating an active rebellion against an elected government”. Kejriwal and his ministers, including Manish Sisodia, Satyender Jain and Gopal Rai, went on a sit-in-dharna inside the LG office’s waiting room, demanding that Baijal ask the officers to stop “the partial strike”.
