Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM Modi as the turf battle with Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung escalates. In separate meetings on Tuesday, Kejriwal and Jung urged President Pranab Mukherjee to step in amid an escalating power struggle that started with the appointment of a top officer last week.


Kejriwal told the President about what he alleges is a blatant overreach by Jung, who promoted IAS officer Shakuntala Gamlin as acting Chief Secretary, making her Delhi's seniormost officer without the Chief Minister's consent.


In the letter to the PM, Kejriwal accuses the Centre of trying to run the Delhi government through the LG.


Reports suggest at least 20 senior bureaucrats have indicated that they would like to be relocated from Delhi. Sources in the Union Home Ministry said that the bureaucrats have cited "adjustment problems" with the functioning of the Delhi government.