Minister said drop cases against Delhi CM, AAP; was told no: L-G office

October 31, 2015 11:02

Deepening the divide at the top in Delhi, the office of the Lt Governor has said that an AAP minister had approached the Raj Niwas with a file on 24 'criminal cases' pending in courts against the chief minister and senior AAP leaders and sought their withdrawal.

Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain was told by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung that "there cannot be a pick-and-choose policy for consideration of withdrawal of criminal cases and proper norms and procedures have to be followed."

Ajay Chaudhary, OSD to the Lt Governor, made this disclosure at a press conference after the AAP alleged that Jung had been taking 'undue interest' in a parole request by former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala who is currently in Tihar Jail -- the parole request was rejected on October 5.

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