Delhi Assembly forms 9 member committee to probe 'contemptuous behaviour' of officers

The Delhi Assembly today formed a nine-member committee to look into complaints against violation of protocol norms and "contemptuous behaviour" by bureaucrats with legislators.

The House passed a resolution, moved by AAP MLA Vishesh Ravi, after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators complained that officers are refusing to meet them.

The House also passed another resolution, moved by AAP Sourabh Bharadwaj, directing Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash to ensure that the conduct of officers is strictly as per the guidelines of the official dealings.

Prakash was today at the centre of attack by AAP legislators, with the resolution stating that some of the IAS and DANICS officers have been acting against their rules of conduct by not meeting the elected representatives of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi.

The resolution stated, "BJP is using some of IAS and DANICS officers as a tool for creating hurdles in goverance of Delhi."
"Officers are duty-bound to meet officers and take their calls."
Speaker Ram Niwas Goel also attacked the BJP, saying, "The LG office has been made den of politics of BJP."