Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena
New Delhi: Delhi Lt. Governor VK Saxena threatened the Aam Aadmi Party ministers, along with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, of legal action if they accused him of stopping the government's electricity subsidy for the poor, NDTV reported.
Saxena wrote them suggesting so, after the recent attacks on him by the UT's power minister Atishi and health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj. They alleged that the Lt. Governor attempted to derail the Delhi government's power subsidy scheme by not clearing the necessary files.
Saxena denied outright that the allegations were "blatantly false, misleading, accusatory, libellous and defamatory", NDTV quoted. He challenged the AAP government to show evidence to prove their allegations.
Saxena's letter to Kejriwal read, "I write to you seeking accountability and responsibility with regards to unsubstantiated and false statements made by you and your colleagues in the government and party against me."
"You are well aware that I have always been committed to power subsidy to the poor and have made the same amply clear in the public domain, as indeed in writing on different files on different occasions," NDTV quoted from the letter.
"The omissions and commissions on your part have obviously been deliberate and with an aim to create an imaginary bogey to mislead the people for partisan gains... You are requested to furnish any paper or communication that establishes that the Lt Governor wants power subsidy to be stopped or is conspiring with officers or a political party to stop power subsidy, as is being openly alleged by your ministers and colleagues in the party," the letter said.
On Friday, the power minister announced that the electricity subsidies would be stopped since the Lt.Governor had to clear some files.