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Delhi Chief Secretary alleges physical assault at CM Kejriwal’s residence, AAP denies allegations

The Top Bureaucrat Of Delhi Was Manhandled By At Least Two AAP MLAs While A Meeting On The Door-to-door Delivery Of Essential Government Services Was In Progress. The Delhi Indian Administrative Services Association Has Called For A Meeting On Tuesday Afternoon To Discuss The Matter. A Decision To Lodge An FIR In The Case Is Reportedly On The Table.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Aishwarya A | Updated on: 20 Feb 2018, 01:38:12 PM
Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash physically assaulted by AAP MLAs at CM Kejriwal’s residence (Source: PTI)

New Delhi:

Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash has alleged physical assault by Aam Aadmi Party MLAs at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Monday night.

The top bureaucrat of Delhi was allegedly manhandled by at least two AAP MLAs while a meeting on the door-to-door delivery of essential government services was in progress.

The Delhi Indian Administrative Services Association has called for a meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the matter. A decision to lodge an FIR in the case is reportedly on the table.

However, the CM office has denied any such assault and said the incident never took place. A statement from Kejriwal’s office said, “Delhi CM office strongly denies allegations by the Chief Secretary. There was no incident of assault or attempted assault by any AAP MLAs.”

BJP’s Vijender Gupta took to Twitter and shared the event, reporting the whole incident as “ill-treatment”. He also conveyed that he will be meeting the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in the afternoon on Tuesday and discuss the further course of action.

He also said that a total of nine AAP MLAs were present when the Chief Secretary was assaulted in front of CM Kejriwal.

Delhi Police, however, said it has not received any formal complaint about the incident.

Former AAP leader, Mayank Gandhi, said, “Considering the confrontational attitude taken up by both sides and the vicious atmosphere that this created, this was a natural consequence.”

Sharmistha Mukherjee, Delhi Congress Vice-President, said, “In a democracy, we expect that all disputes will be solved by dialogue. Violence against anyone, including a senior bureaucrat, is not the way to resolve anything. There should be a thorough probe into this and if the Chief Secretary’s complaint is found to be true, the MLAs should receive tough punishment.”

Kapil Mishra, AAP MLA and former minister in the Kejriwal cabinet, said, “This has never happened in the history of India. As an MLA, I am ashamed that this incident has taken place.”

DN Singh, Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services President said, "We are going on a strike with immediate effect. We are with our Chief Secretary. Until those at fault are not arrested we will not get back to work. We have urged LG to take legal action against those responsible. This is like a constitutional crisis, never seen such a thing happen in the past many years."

Delhi Congress President Ajay Maken took to Twitter to express his concern and said that the Delhi CM should apologise for the incident which happened in front of him, blaming the Aam Aadmi Party does not know governance.

Responding to the allegations by the Chief Secretary, the Aam Aadmi Party shared a post on its Twitter handle and said that the Chieff Secretary refused to answer questions, and even used bad language against some MLAs.

In a new, Aam Aadmi Party's Ashish Khetan call up the Police Control Room (PCR) and alleges that he was manhandled at the Delhi Secretariat on Tuesday. The Delhi Police has reached the spot.

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First Published : 20 Feb 2018, 12:00:26 PM

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