Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday evening amidst escalating tensions between his government and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung over the appointment of senior IAS officer Shakuntala Gamlin as acting chief secretary.
The AAP government locked Principal Secretary (Services) Anindo Majumdar out of his office on Monday.
The Aam Aadmi Party government on Monday appointed Chief Minister's Secretary Rajendra Kumar as principal secretary of the services department which was promptly rejected by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
The major flashpoints of the last three-and-half years:
A tussle between the Delhi government and the Lt Governor has left bureaucrats vulnerable to sudden transfers.
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