Kejriwal assures help to women entrepreneurs

“The new government which was sworn in on February 14 this year witnessed that the hon’ble LG was regularly raising objections on files even in matters which did not fall within his domain according to the Constitution, thereby hampering the functioning of the government”, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government said in a statement issued on Thursday. He had been heading the Transport Department when the scam happened.

The government said that it was “crystal clear” that fixing the rates was within its domain and there was no need to send the file to the Lt Governor.

In 2012, the ACB registered a case and began the investigation.

On June 10, 2014, Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee stated that the Delhi government had overlooked the manner in which the name of the consultant company had “metamorphosed” into another and rapped the “lackadaisical manner” in which the change was handled, but did not indict any government functionary.

The war of words erupted a day after the AAP government sent the file to the L-G’ office after Mr Jung said that the Kejriwal government had not sought his nod before issuing the notification on the enhancement of circle rates.

“The Noida Film City plan did not work out”. So, Kejriwal explored the potential of reviving the plan.

“His government is working fine”, Sinha said after the meeting. “So, even this option was explored”.

The CPI(M) today staged a protest accusing Delhi Government of having failed to ensure food security and demanded the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation to opt for better public distribution system (PDS) in the state. Apart from the possibility of opening a film city, we discussed the FTII issue.

The Ministry contended that the state’s anti-graft unit could only initiate action against officers of the Delhi administration under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and said, “The power to initiate action against the officers of the Central Government has not been conferred upon ACB, Delhi, and definitely cannot be implied on account of the principles of territorial jurisdiction, i.e. alleged offences having been committed in the territory of NCT”.