Centre sacks 9 advisors to Delhi ministers
April 17, 2018  18:12
image
On recommendation of Ministry of Home Affairs, nine advisors to Delhi ministers -- including advisors to Deputy CM Manish Sisodia have been removed, ANI has reported.

The nine include Atishi Marlena, the adviser to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who the Aam Aadmi Party says, was appointed on a token monthly salary of just Re 1 to help the government improve education standards at schools, says NDTV.

The appointments have been cancelled as they were not sanctioned by the Union finance ministry.

A government order issued today said the appointments by the Delhi cabinet, which created the posts of consultants and advisers back in 2015, had been done 'by an agency not competent under the law to do so'.

AAP's Raghav Chadha called it diversionary tactics by the centre to 'divert attention from the spate of rapes, cash crunch etc'.

'Impressive diversionary tactics by the MHA, at the behest of BJP. To divert attention from spate of rapes, cash crunch etc. an opportune time to rake up non issues with AAP like retrospective sacking for a post I held for 45days in 2016 for a paltry sum of Rs.2.50/-,' he tweeted.   -- Agencies
« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES