Swati Maliwal slams Saxena over termination of DCW staff, LG hits back

Former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday slammed Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena over the termination of contractual employees of the commission, questioning how it will function if most of its staff are dismissed. The LG office hit back at Maliwal, alleging she was resorting to "mudslinging" to "cover up her own wrongdoing". "A certain individual, belonging to a particular political party, has indulged into an unfortunate and despicable mudslinging against the Lt Governor of Delhi. The same has been done only and exclusively to cover up her own wrongdoings - omissions and commissions in a recruitment scam that she spearheaded," LG office said in a statement. Addressing a press conference, Maliwal alleged, "The LG in his 'Tughlaqi farman' (arbitrary order) has asked for removing all the contractual staff (of DCW). There are 90 staff in DCW out of which only eight are permanent and the rest 82 are contractual workers employed for low wages at three months .