Delhi vigilance dept officers likely to face privilege proceeding

The officers of the vigilance department are likely to face privilege proceedings, with Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel today ordering an Assembly panel to probe the matter pertaining to their refusal to answer a question asked by an MLA.

The speaker directed Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash to provide the answer of the question asked by AAP MLA Pankaj Pushkar and warned the officers that they should not force him to the extent that he does not to sign the Delhi Budget 2018-19 to be tabled in the House on March 22.

Goel also forwarded the matter to the privilege committee of the House for further action.

The second day of the budget session saw Goel, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and the ruling AAP MLAs targeting bureaucrats in the House.

Expressing displeasure over the officers, who have been at loggerheads with the AAP dispensation since the alleged attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, Sisodia said that it is "disrespect of the Legislative Assembly and Parliament".

The matter got heated up when Sisodia told the House that officers of the vigilance department refused to reply to a question.

"Vigilance department officers came to me with the files two days ago. They showed me the note of the LG, saying the information about vigilance cases can't be shared with elected government," Sisodia said
The AAP dispensation and bureaucrats have been at loggerheads over a range of issues in the past