False affidavit submitted to HC stating our hospitals have ample medicines: Bharadwaj
The Hindu
Health Minister accuses Health Secretary of submitting false information in affidavit to Delhi High Court, sparking controversy.
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday accused the Health Secretary of submitting false information in an affidavit to the Delhi High Court.
The Minister said the standing counsel of the Delhi government’s Services Department, under the directions of Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena, shared the “false” affidavit with the court while it was hearing a case on the alleged lack of infrastructure in the Delhi government-run hospitals.
He added that he would write to the Law Department seeking action against the Health Secretary and Services Department counsel.
When reached for comment, the Health Secretary and the L-G office did not respond.
However, a senior Raj Niwas official termed the Minister’s remarks “misleading and false”.
The BJP said the Minister “has a habit of projecting everyone other than him as a liar”.
Addressing a press conference, the Health Minister said he was surprised that an affidavit on behalf of the Health Department was presented before the court without his knowledge or approval.
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