Delhi LG 'abetting' Kejriwal at behest of Congress to embarrass BJP: Swamy
New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Monday targeted Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and accused him of being hand in glove with Arvind Kejriwal.
Swamy claimed he has information to suggest that the LG was playing a "mischievous role" of "abetting" Kejriwal at the behest of Congress to embarrass the BJP while appearing to oppose the AAP leader in public.
Swamy attacked Jung for "failing" to protect MPs from attack by "his government" and accused the Delhi LG of seeking guidance from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel.
The BJP MP, who led a campaign for denying extension to RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, briefly joined a protest by BJP's East Delhi MP Maheish Girri outside Kejriwal's residence.
Girri is sitting on a protest outside Delhi chief minister's residence after Kejriwal made allegations against the BJP MP in the murder case of a New Delhi Municipal Corporation official MM Khan.
Kejriwal, in a letter to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, had accused him of trying to "save" Girri and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) vice-chairman Karan Singh Tanwar in Khan's murder. Girri had asked Kejriwal for a public debate over his allegations.
Swamy also targeted Arvind Kejriwal and accused the Delhi Chief Minister of breaching constitutional norms in running the Delhi government and sought the President's intervention.
On Kejriwal's allegations against Maheish Girri, Swamy said the Delhi Chief Minister, like the style of functioning of 14th century Sultan of Delhi Mohammed Bin Tughlak, has turned "upside down" all known principles of democratic jurisprudence, as a person is presumed innocent till proven guilty.
In a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, Swamy specifically referred to Kejriwal's allegations that BJP's East Delhi MP Maheish Girri is linked to murder of an NDMC official, terming the charges as "scurrilous and undocumented".
He requested the President to ask the Union Home Ministry to issue a directive as per provision of the Constitution and seek a report asking on what basis Kejriwal and his colleagues have made allegations of murder against Girri.
"There appears to be a complete breakdown of any semblance of governance in National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. The AAP is functioning in a highly arbitrary, unreasonable and mala fide manner.
"Since the NCT is where the Union Government is also located, it has become crucial to restore some semblance of governance immediately," said Swamy in the letter.
