Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena launched a contemporary assault on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal within the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical Faculty sexual harassment case.
He alleged that the file for the switch of the accused principal had been held up for 45 days. This got here after AAP minister Saurabh Bharadwaj urged the LG to take motion in opposition to the accused.
“Whilst Delhi’s Well being Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj has been crying foul over the alleged sexual harassment at Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical Faculty and demanding the removing of its principal, the file for his switch has been held up for practically 45 days by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal himself,” the LG workplace mentioned in an official assertion.
“Saurabh Bhardwaj, in a observe to LG VK Saxena on March 20, 2024, demanded the fast removing of Ishwar Singh from his put up, alleging that he was uncooperative with the lady victims within the matter and that he discouraged/demotivated them from pursuing the case additional,” it added.
He additionally raised questions over the Delhi authorities’s motive behind the delay within the choice to take away the accused from the place of authority, ANI reported.
“However what raises critical doubts over the federal government’s motive is the truth that the file for the removing/switch of Ishwar Singh from Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical Faculty has been pending with CM Kejriwal since February 14, 2024, as the identical needs to be determined by the NCCSA…,” the assertion learn.
“LG, VK Saxena, in a observe to the Chief Minister, has introduced out this obvious truth and lamented that neither switch/posting nor “vigilance motion on delicate issues” might be initiated as a result of inaction on the a part of CM Kejriwal. The LG despatched the observe to CM Arvid Kejriwal earlier than his arrest on March 21, 2024,” it added.
Saxena directed the Delhi police and the Chief Secretary to provoke disciplinary proceedings within the sexual harassment case. He additionally alleged that Saurabh Bharadwaj didn’t seek the advice of Kejriwal within the case, accusing him of inaction that delayed the initiation of vigilance motion on ‘delicate issues’.
(With ANI inputs)
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