Sit-in by Kejriwal, ministers: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel attacks LG

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel has jumped into the fray to attack Lt Governor Anil Baijal over IAS officers' "strike" and lent his support to the demands of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers staging a sit-in at the L-G office since Monday evening.

The AAP government's demands to the L-G include direction to IAS officers to end their "strike", action against those who have struck work for "four months". It has also asked the L-G to approve the proposal for doorstep delivery of rations.

In his letter to Baijal yesterday, Goel said that the work of Delhi's development has been affected for the last few months, which was a "well-planned conspiracy" and asked him to get "undeclared strike" by officers called off.

The Speaker said that when IAS officers were asked in the meetings of assembly committees as to why they were not attending ministers' meetings, they said, "We (officers) are not going to these meetings as it is the decision of IAS officers."