New Delhi: Amid an intensifying tussle between the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, the Congress today accused the Delhi chief minister of making the people of New Delhi suffer due to his "inflated ego".
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said Mr Kejriwal should put an end to the crisis by expressing "regrets" to Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, who was allegedly assaulted by AAP legislators at the chief minister's residence during a late night meeting on February 19.
"Still remember the unabashed 'apology' radio ads by Kejriwal after his 49 days gov in 2014. Now-apology from Majithia, Jaitley, Sibbal...Why can't he just offer regrets to the CS and govern Delhi the way he is constitutionally supposed to? Why should Delhi suffer his inflated ego (sic)?" Mr Maken tweeted.
"If you do not understand the Constitution, what can anyone do? That is the bottom line. Delhi cannot become Kerala or Goa or Puducherry, which have different powers as per the Constitution," she told PTI.
"If a chief minister does not understand the basics about his state, then I have nothing to say. Everybody has the right to ask for more power, but it has to be by changing the Constitution through Parliament. He can have the powers he is seeking only through Parliament," she added.
"What they are saying is totally irrelevant. We have got our own identity," she said.
The IAS officers of the Delhi government are boycotting their meetings with the AAP ministers in protest against an alleged attack on the chief secretary by the ruling party legislators.
"Had the venue been different, perhaps there wud be no need for 'permission'. Rajbhavan is not the place for political hobnobbing. BJP does it all the time & @ArvindKejriwal tried to do it in a convoluted manner. One wrong doesn't make another wrong right (sic)," she tweeted.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said Mr Kejriwal should put an end to the crisis by expressing "regrets" to Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, who was allegedly assaulted by AAP legislators at the chief minister's residence during a late night meeting on February 19.
"Still remember the unabashed 'apology' radio ads by Kejriwal after his 49 days gov in 2014. Now-apology from Majithia, Jaitley, Sibbal...Why can't he just offer regrets to the CS and govern Delhi the way he is constitutionally supposed to? Why should Delhi suffer his inflated ego (sic)?" Mr Maken tweeted.
"If you do not understand the Constitution, what can anyone do? That is the bottom line. Delhi cannot become Kerala or Goa or Puducherry, which have different powers as per the Constitution," she told PTI.
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"If a chief minister does not understand the basics about his state, then I have nothing to say. Everybody has the right to ask for more power, but it has to be by changing the Constitution through Parliament. He can have the powers he is seeking only through Parliament," she added.
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"What they are saying is totally irrelevant. We have got our own identity," she said.
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The IAS officers of the Delhi government are boycotting their meetings with the AAP ministers in protest against an alleged attack on the chief secretary by the ruling party legislators.
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"Had the venue been different, perhaps there wud be no need for 'permission'. Rajbhavan is not the place for political hobnobbing. BJP does it all the time & @ArvindKejriwal tried to do it in a convoluted manner. One wrong doesn't make another wrong right (sic)," she tweeted.
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