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Delhi Lt Guv VK Saxena threatens Arvind Kejriwal with legal action over AAP leaders' power subsidy claims

By IBNS
Apr 17, 2023..

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has written a strongly worded letter threatening legal action against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers over accusations that he tried to stop the Delhi government's electricity subsidy for the poor.


In the past few weeks, Delhi Power Minister Atishi and Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj had been attacking Saxena with claims that he allegedly made attempts to derail the Delhi government's power subsidy programme by not clearing the necessary files.

The Lieutenant Governor has denied these allegations and called them "blatantly false, misleading, accusatory, libellous and defamatory".

He even challenged the AAP government to show evidence to prove that he tried to stop the power subsidy, a widely popular scheme among the urban poor in the national capital.

"I write to you seeking accountability and responsibility with regards to unsubstantiated and false statements made by you and your colleagues in the government and party against me," Saxena wrote in the letter to Kejriwal.

"You are well aware that I have always been committed to power subsidy to the poor and have made the same amply clear in public domain, as indeed in writing on different files on different occasions," the Lieutenant Governor said.

"The omissions and commissions on your part have obviously been deliberate and with an aim to create an imaginary bogey to mislead the people for partisan gains... You are requested to furnish any paper or communication that establishes that the Lt Governor wants power subsidy to be stopped or is conspiring with officers or a political party to stop power subsidy, as is being openly alleged by your ministers and colleagues in the party," Saxena said.

On Friday last week, Atishi alleged that the subsidies will be stopped as the Lieutenant Governor was yet to clear the file to extend it.

Saxena's office, however, denied her allegation and said the file was cleared.

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