New Delhi: In a scathing attack, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has accused the BJP-led central government of "saffronising" the Delhi Police, which has had frequent run-ins with the ruling AAP government.
As the Arvind Kejriwal government completes one year in office, Mr Sisodia said that Centre has resorted to "cheap tactics" to stop it from working through the Lieutenant Governor, the police, the Anti-Corruption Branch and by wresting control over transfer and postings.
"There has been death of a six-year-old student at a private school, but no one has been arrested so far. A teacher of a government school was brutally beaten up. Besides, there have been several crimes of rapes and murder, but police is not arresting anyone," Mr Sisodia told Press Trust of India.
He said, instead, police is nabbing an Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker who had a fight with his wife and another party legislator who had a quarrel with officers.
AAP's one year saw arrest of six party lawmakers in various cases including on charges of rioting, domestic violence and forgery.
"Khaki is being saffronised so much that it has never been done in any other state before. Delhi Police personnel have earned respect for khaki by sacrificing their lives, but Centre is saffronising the Delhi Police," Mr Sisodia alleged.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the biggest challenge for the AAP government is to "tackle the attitude" of the BJP-led central government.
"They (Centre) are taking revenge from the people of Delhi for not choosing BJP in the Assembly polls in Delhi which is shameful. They have the ACB from us in order scuttle efforts to make Delhi corruption-free," Mr Sisodia added.
"Centre also tried to control transfer and postings of bureaucrats and by doing this, they don't want to allow us to work, even on women safety. LG is declaring our order null & void and they are threatening our officers not to follow the Delhi government's order," he said.
He alleged that Centre wants to control Delhi Police as it fears that if police is handed over to an elected government of Delhi, "several rackets including related to drugs" in the national capital will be smashed.
As the Arvind Kejriwal government completes one year in office, Mr Sisodia said that Centre has resorted to "cheap tactics" to stop it from working through the Lieutenant Governor, the police, the Anti-Corruption Branch and by wresting control over transfer and postings.
"There has been death of a six-year-old student at a private school, but no one has been arrested so far. A teacher of a government school was brutally beaten up. Besides, there have been several crimes of rapes and murder, but police is not arresting anyone," Mr Sisodia told Press Trust of India.
AAP's one year saw arrest of six party lawmakers in various cases including on charges of rioting, domestic violence and forgery.
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The Deputy Chief Minister said that the biggest challenge for the AAP government is to "tackle the attitude" of the BJP-led central government.
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"Centre also tried to control transfer and postings of bureaucrats and by doing this, they don't want to allow us to work, even on women safety. LG is declaring our order null & void and they are threatening our officers not to follow the Delhi government's order," he said.
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