"The staff of my office were withdrawn without my knowledge and now driver of my official vehicle was being forced to return back with the vehicle at Secretariat," Gupta said.
The BJP legislator has filed a complaint at the Parliament Street police station in this regard and also claimed that the driver of his official vehicle was being "forced" to return it back to the Delhi Secretariat.
Addressing a press conference, Gupta and Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyaya said the issue will be raised before Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Delhi BJP leaders will also pay a visit to Rajghat tomorrow to pray for "good sense" of the Kejriwal government, Upadhyay said alleging that AAP dispensation was acting against Gupta in a "revengeful" manner.
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The Delhi government, however, refuted the charges, saying Gupta was politicising the issue and his office still has a staff strength of eight.
Earlier, the staff strength of Gupta's office was 15.
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