Delhi LG nominates state home minister to hoist flag on Independence Day, ignores CM’s request
The general administration department said that the chief minister’s request from prison, for AAP leader Atishi to hoist the flag, was not legally valid.
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday nominated state Home Minister Kailash Gahlot to hoist the national flag during the Independence Day event at Chhatrasal Stadium, rejecting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s recommendation, reported PTI.
In a note to Gahlot’s secretary (home), Principal Secretary to the lieutenant governor, Ashish Kundra, said that the ministry had authorised Saxena to nominate any minister from the Delhi government to hoist the flag, reported The Indian Express.
Earlier in the day, Delhi’s general administration department said that Kejriwal’s request to allow Cabinet minister Atishi to hoist the flag during the event was not “legally valid”, ANI reported.
The additional chief secretary of the general administration said: “It is absolutely clear that the above communication does not qualify in the permissible communication which can be sent outside prison [by Kejriwal]…Any communication, written or oral, in contravention of the rules quoted above, is not legally valid and therefore cannot be acted upon.”
Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai on Monday had instructed the department to make arrangements for Atishi to hoist the tricolour instead of Kejriwal, who is currently in Tihar jail.
Rai said that the directive was issued on Kejriwal’s behest after he met with the chief minister in prison.
Kejriwal had also conveyed the request to the lieutenant governor last week, reported...
