Centre has ‘betrayed people of Delhi' by siding with Lieutenant Governor: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that Narendra Modi is trying to run Delhi through the backdoor, hours after the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification backing Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung in his tussle over power sharing with the AAP Government.

"Narendra Modi ji with his three MLAs is trying to run the government of Delhi through the backdoor. I want to ask Modi ji, who is he trying to protect through this notification?" Kejriwal said at a media briefing here.

Adressing a press conference, Delhi chief minister said that NDA government at the Centre had betrayed the trust of Delhi people.

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"I am not in a 'jung' with Governor Jung, we are simply fighting corruption. Every order comes from above, Mr Jung is just the face," he added.

"Before independence, the Queen of England used to send notifications to the Viceroy here. Now, Jung Sahab is the Viceroy and PMO is London," Kejriwal further said.

The Ministry of Home Ministry issued a notification earlier today to clarify distribution of powers between the Lieutenant Governor's office and the office of the Delhi Chief Minister, saying the former has primacy in postings and transfers of officers belonging to Central services.

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The notification elicited a strong response from Kejriwal on twitter, who said it was indicative of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) nervousness about the Aam Aadmi Party's anti-corruption efforts.

His deputy, Manish Sisodia, also criticised the notification, terming it as an attempt to "save the transfer-posting industry being run in Delhi".