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SC ruling: Bureaucrats refuse to relent, AAP-led Delhi govt mulls action

A day after the Supreme Court clipped the powers of Delhi's Lieutenant Governor, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government and bureaucrats continued to spar

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy Manish Sisodia at Delhi Secretariat on Thursday photo: pti

Archis MohanPTI New Delhi
A day after the Supreme Court clipped the powers of Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (L-G), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government and bureaucrats continued to spar, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insisted on reinterpreting the apex court verdict and the Congress betrayed confusion on its stand on the issue.

The AAP leadership said it could move a contempt petition against those who had refused to comply with its directive on transfers and postings.

Hours after the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment, which said the L-G is bound by the elected government’s advice and cannot be an “obstructionist”, the Delhi government