Aap Vs Lieutenant Governor

The tussle between the Centre and the Delhi government over not implementing Ayushman Bharat escalated on Wednesday with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena hitting out at AAP chief and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The latest flashpoint between Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the Lieutenant Governor came to an abrupt halt late this evening as the election of a single Standing Committee member of the civic body was called off.

Opening another front in their long-running battle, the AAP and Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Saxena are now at loggerheads over an agency being hired by Mr Saxena's office for Rs 1.5 crore a year allegedly to "boost his image".

In a big setback for the Aam Aadmi Party government, the Supreme Court today ruled that the Lieutenant Governor can nominate aldermen in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) without Delhi government's aid and advice.

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's office of "spreading falsehood" and ignoring the acute shortage of medical personnel in the government hospitals of the capital.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) engaged in a fresh tussle over the death of a woman and her child by drowning after falling into a waterlogged drain in Ghazipur, near the Mayur Vihar area of East Delhi.

Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Saturday alleged that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena, held a meeting with Delhi Police to slow down the voting process in areas which are strongholds of the INDIA bloc.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to the Union Home Secretary on Monday to complain of a "lack of seriousness" by Delhi government's ministers when called to meetings at the his office to discuss "routine works of governance".

Opening another front in his battle with the AAP, the Delhi lieutenant governor has written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and questioned the delay in presenting the budget.

The "Farishtey Dilli Ke" scheme for providing free treatment to accident victims will likely be back on track soon, with the office of the lieutenant governor of Delhi informing the Supreme Court on Friday.

The bill to replace the Centre's controversial ordinance or special order for the control of services in Delhi is likely to be introduced in parliament with key changes, official sources have said.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena said the city faced the "annual ritual" of waterlogging as drains were not properly desilted, prompting a sharp reaction from the AAP government.

Waterlogging in Delhi amid monsoon fury in north India has become the latest flashpoint for a war of words between the centre-appointed Lieutenant Governor and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

After Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena terminated the services of about 400 private persons employed by the Delhi Government in its various departments, the AAP-led Delhi government said they would challenge the decision in court

The Delhi government has moved the Supreme Court against an order of the National Green Tribunal naming Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena as the chairperson of the High-Level Committee (HLC) on Yamuna.

The tussle between the Centre and the Delhi government over not implementing Ayushman Bharat escalated on Wednesday with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena hitting out at AAP chief and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The latest flashpoint between Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the Lieutenant Governor came to an abrupt halt late this evening as the election of a single Standing Committee member of the civic body was called off.

Opening another front in their long-running battle, the AAP and Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Saxena are now at loggerheads over an agency being hired by Mr Saxena's office for Rs 1.5 crore a year allegedly to "boost his image".

In a big setback for the Aam Aadmi Party government, the Supreme Court today ruled that the Lieutenant Governor can nominate aldermen in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) without Delhi government's aid and advice.

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's office of "spreading falsehood" and ignoring the acute shortage of medical personnel in the government hospitals of the capital.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) engaged in a fresh tussle over the death of a woman and her child by drowning after falling into a waterlogged drain in Ghazipur, near the Mayur Vihar area of East Delhi.

Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Saturday alleged that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena, held a meeting with Delhi Police to slow down the voting process in areas which are strongholds of the INDIA bloc.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to the Union Home Secretary on Monday to complain of a "lack of seriousness" by Delhi government's ministers when called to meetings at the his office to discuss "routine works of governance".

Opening another front in his battle with the AAP, the Delhi lieutenant governor has written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and questioned the delay in presenting the budget.

The "Farishtey Dilli Ke" scheme for providing free treatment to accident victims will likely be back on track soon, with the office of the lieutenant governor of Delhi informing the Supreme Court on Friday.

The bill to replace the Centre's controversial ordinance or special order for the control of services in Delhi is likely to be introduced in parliament with key changes, official sources have said.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena said the city faced the "annual ritual" of waterlogging as drains were not properly desilted, prompting a sharp reaction from the AAP government.

Waterlogging in Delhi amid monsoon fury in north India has become the latest flashpoint for a war of words between the centre-appointed Lieutenant Governor and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

After Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena terminated the services of about 400 private persons employed by the Delhi Government in its various departments, the AAP-led Delhi government said they would challenge the decision in court

The Delhi government has moved the Supreme Court against an order of the National Green Tribunal naming Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena as the chairperson of the High-Level Committee (HLC) on Yamuna.