The two station house officers (SHOs), whose suspension was demanded by the agitating CM, were sent on leave pending probe. The gubernatorial appeal came after day-long confabulations between various constitutional and political functionaries.
Jung urged Kejriwal to withdraw the over 30-hour protest outside Rail Bhavan in the high-security Raisina Hill area that virtually morphed into a demand for control over Delhi Police ‘in view of the sacrosanct occasion of the Republic Day and the perceived security situation’. Jung requested that Kejriwal call off his protest to make way for Republic Day preparations and rehearsals, which were supposed to start off from Tuesday night, to take place in the area. Jung also promised that a judicial inquiry ordered against allegedly errant policemen would be expedited and in the meantime two police officers would be sent on leave. The SHO Malviya Nagar and in-charge of the Paharganj PCR Van were sent on leave pending inquiry.
The announcement sparked off full-throated cries of Inqalab Zindabad and Vande Mataram from the AAP supporters. Earlier, Kejriwal on Tuesday morning said that the union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is going to have sleepless nights ahead. ‘How can Shinde sleep when numerous crimes are happening in Delhi?’ asserted Kejriwal.
The CM was who spent the entire Monday night on the road outside Rail Bhavan, along with his cabinet ministers, with merely a quilt to protect himself from the extreme winter night chill, during early Tuesday morning threatened to flood Rajpath with lakhs of AAP supporters that he claimed could disrupt Republic Day celebrations. Taking on Shinde, the Delhi CM said, ‘The people protesting here are not Pakistanis or Americans. They are our own people. Shinde is saying that we will celebrate Republic Day but for whom. The VIPs will watch the floats and parades. That is not Republic Day.’ Kejriwal also questioned the Delhi police’s advice to them to shift their protest to Jantar Mantar. ‘I am being told to sit at Jantar Mantar. I am the CM. I can sit wherever I want. Who are they to tell us what to do? Who is Shinde to say where the Delhi CM will sit,’ Kejriwal said. Kejriwal, who was reportedly running mild fever, was accompanied by his wife during the sit-in on Tuesday.
He objected to the Delhi police ordering closure of some Metro stations near the protest site. ‘Shinde has closed the Metro stations. He is causing inconvenience not us,’ he said. Kejriwal said politics will now be done by unconventional methods.
Jung urged Kejriwal to withdraw the over 30-hour protest outside Rail Bhavan in the high-security Raisina Hill area that virtually morphed into a demand for control over Delhi Police ‘in view of the sacrosanct occasion of the Republic Day and the perceived security situation’. Jung requested that Kejriwal call off his protest to make way for Republic Day preparations and rehearsals, which were supposed to start off from Tuesday night, to take place in the area. Jung also promised that a judicial inquiry ordered against allegedly errant policemen would be expedited and in the meantime two police officers would be sent on leave. The SHO Malviya Nagar and in-charge of the Paharganj PCR Van were sent on leave pending inquiry.
The announcement sparked off full-throated cries of Inqalab Zindabad and Vande Mataram from the AAP supporters. Earlier, Kejriwal on Tuesday morning said that the union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is going to have sleepless nights ahead. ‘How can Shinde sleep when numerous crimes are happening in Delhi?’ asserted Kejriwal.
The CM was who spent the entire Monday night on the road outside Rail Bhavan, along with his cabinet ministers, with merely a quilt to protect himself from the extreme winter night chill, during early Tuesday morning threatened to flood Rajpath with lakhs of AAP supporters that he claimed could disrupt Republic Day celebrations. Taking on Shinde, the Delhi CM said, ‘The people protesting here are not Pakistanis or Americans. They are our own people. Shinde is saying that we will celebrate Republic Day but for whom. The VIPs will watch the floats and parades. That is not Republic Day.’ Kejriwal also questioned the Delhi police’s advice to them to shift their protest to Jantar Mantar. ‘I am being told to sit at Jantar Mantar. I am the CM. I can sit wherever I want. Who are they to tell us what to do? Who is Shinde to say where the Delhi CM will sit,’ Kejriwal said. Kejriwal, who was reportedly running mild fever, was accompanied by his wife during the sit-in on Tuesday.
He objected to the Delhi police ordering closure of some Metro stations near the protest site. ‘Shinde has closed the Metro stations. He is causing inconvenience not us,’ he said. Kejriwal said politics will now be done by unconventional methods.