MHA notification: AAP sees red; BJP MLAs defend Centre

May 26, 2015 23:37

Terming as "unconstitutional" the Centre's notification giving absolute powers to the Delhi Lt Governor on transfer and posting of senior bureaucrats, ruling AAP MLAs today demanded that it be quashed even as BJP legislators said that the Union Home Ministry had just clarified on the existing rules.

Although AAP MLAs used derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and LG Najeeb Jung during the discussions on the notification, Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel directed that such remarks be expunged from the Assembly proceedings.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia later asked AAP MLAs to not use such words. "The Centre is trying to weaken the powers of Delhi's Anti-Corruption Branch. 152 officers, who were found to have engaged in corruption, have been suspended and 51 officers have been sent to jail.

"If someone seeks to weaken the ACB's power, it will be like weakening the people's power," AAP MLA Kapil Mishra said, adding that the notification was "illegal" and would not be accepted at any cost. However, BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma objected to his comments and sought the list of 152 suspended officers.

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