New Delhi: Disturbed with the arrest of their Principle Secretary Rajinder Kumar, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has targeted the Narendra Modi government, saying that the Centre has stooped to a new low with this step.
“There is a conspiracy to paralyse the CM office - Pr and Dy Secy to CM arrested, Asst Secy transferred to Andaman. All in one day!” said the Delhi Deputy CM, Manish Sisodia, in a series of Tweets.
“This is the lowest levels to which a Central govt has stooped, from the time Delhi has had an elected govt in 1991,” he tweeted.
"Today, one of our ministers, Kapil Mishra, was called for questioning by ACB (Anti-Corruption Branch)," he added.
The Central bureau of Investigation (CBI), which raided Rajendra Kumar's office on December 15 last year, on Monday announced his arrest along with four others in a corruption case.
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Sisodia pointed out that the CBI could not produce "even a single proof in the court even to prove the authenticity of the raid. But today, they suddenly arrested Rajendra Kumar".
Simultaneously, the Assistant Secretary to the Chief Minister had been transferred to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Sisodia, a long-time confidant of Kejriwal, added: This is the lowest levels to which a central government has stooped from the time Delhi had an elected government in 1991.
"Eleven senior officers have been transferred out of Delhi on a single day, that too illegally without a meeting of the Joint Cadre Authority," he said.
These, he said, included a senior officer handling unauthorized colonies and another overseeing an ambitious project of installing CCTV cameras in all government schools. Both were shunted out to Andaman.
"All this is happening because AAP is winning elections in Punjab and Goa and garnering massive support in Gujarat," Sisodia said.
The AAP leader added: "Modiji, let me tell you, we have been elected by people of Delhi. We shall run an effective government for them despite all your attacks on us."
"We want to tell you, Modiji, that even if you leave only peons with us, we will work for the people of Delhi. We will not let your conspiracies to succeed."
There was no immediate reaction to the developments from Kejriwal, who reached Punjab on Sunday on a two-day visit to garner support for the AAP in the upcoming assembly elections.
(With IANS inputs)
