Get our solar plan probed, if you may: CM to L-G

NEW DELHI: In his second letter to the lieutenant-governor in the past three days, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal asked Najeeb Jung to get the Delhi government’s

NEW DELHI: In his second letter to the lieutenant-governor in the past three days, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal asked Najeeb Jung to get the Delhi government’s solar policy probed by the anti-corruption branch or the CBI since it has received “worldwide acclaim”.

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In the letter, Kejriwal accused L-G Jung of “saving” BJP MP Mahiesh Girri and NDMC vice chairman Karan Singh Tanwar in the murder case of a legal adviser of the civic body, MM Khan.

He said Jung had “beautifully” saved Girri and Tanwar from questioning by police which, he said, must have “pleased” Modi.

“Now Modiji is fully assured that no matter how much lumpenism BJP men partake in, no one will be able to do anything. You will save them. And you will keep on framing Aam Aadmi Party by lodging false cases,” he said.

Kejriwal had written to Jung on Monday, saying Prime Minister Modi would never make him the vice-president despite all the “illegal, anti-people and unconstitutional things you might do on Modi ji’s instructions”.

In Wednesday’ s letter, Kejriwal says that since the solar policy is earning praise from several quarters, it should be Jung’s and Modi’s next target.

“The (solar) policy is being discussed throughout the world. Greenpeace has praised it. Even UN climate change has termed it as a big step. Please conduct a CBI raid on Delhi power minister Satyender Jain by telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” the letter states.

MP Mahiesh Girri challenged Kejriwal to prove the charges.

“If he manages to prove the charges, I will quit politics, otherwise he should do so. I have absolutely no connection with the case. It just happened that I was in the L-G office when a person had come with some documents related to the case. I did not bring that complainant. These are diversionary tactics by Kejriwal to deflect attention from the parliamentary secretary issue,” Girri said.

Later, at a press meet, Kejriwal trained guns on Modi over the issue of the President refusing to sign a legislation that sought to keep the AAP government’s parliamentary secretaries out of the purview of the office of profit.

“I request Modiji with folded hands,” Kejriwal told the media, literally folding his hands. “Your fight is with me. Beat me if you wish, do whatever you want to me but do not harass the people of Delhi.

“Don’t try to stop the good work being done in Delhi,” he added. (With inputs from agencies)