Saurabh Bharadwaj alleges conspiracy to halt mayoral polls, oust AAP from MCD | Delhi News
The BJP-led Centre is hatching a conspiracy to halt the mayoral polls and oust AAP from the MCD, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged on Thursday. The minister also accused Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar of flouting the rules for nominating a presiding officer to hold the mayoral polls by bypassing him. “The proposal to nominate the presiding officer was secretly sent to the Lt Governor, bypassing me. I wrote to the Lt Governor to return the file, stating that it was sent to him directly by flouting the rules,” the AAP leader said at a press conference. “Yesterday (Wednesday), again, I wrote to the chief secretary and asked him under which rules he bypassed me and sent the file. I sent a copy (of the letter) to the Lt Governor. The secretary said the matter is with the Lt Governor and he will take action on it,” the urban development minister claimed. There was no immediate reaction available from the Lt Governor’s Office or the chief secretary’s office. The AAP leader also raised concern over the …