Criminal Contempt Of Court: AAP's Sensational New Claim On Delhi Lt Governor
NDTV
The Lieutenant Governor tried to 'unconstitutionally' influence the case so that the truth doesn't come out in the court, the Delhi Chief Minister said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has committed criminal contempt of court in the recent case on the voting right of appointed members of Delhi's civic body by trying to get his lawyer to argue both sides of the case. The Supreme Court had ruled in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party, after the Delhi Mayor's election was postponed thrice in over two months. However, Mr Kejriwal made sensational claims of the LG deceitfully trying to influence the case.
The Lieutenant Governor tried to 'unconstitutionally' influence the case so that the truth doesn't come out in the court, the Delhi Chief Minister said.
AAP's Mayor candidate Shelly Oberoi made the Delhi government and the LG parties in the case, separately, he elaborated, adding that the Delhi government, which has the right to choose any lawyer, asked the Urban Development Secretary to appoint Gautam Narayan.
However, on the night of February 9, directed the UD secretary that the Lt Governor has "desired" that the Urban Development Department shall defend this petition on behalf of the office of the Lt Governor and engage the services of Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India, to defend the petition, Mr Kejriwal alleged.
