AAP chief spokesperson and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday strongly hit out at the BJP-led Central government for allegedly stalling recruitments in the national Capital for the last nine years. The minister pointed out how the Delhi L-G had in fact exposed the Centre’s conspiracy of keeping government posts vacant and putting the blame on the Delhi government.
In a statement, Bharadwaj said that he learnt through news reports that the L-G had distributed appointment letters to some people at a function on Wednesday. While giving the appointment letter, the L-G said that it was only possible to give these jobs in the last couple of months. He also claimed that in the last few years, these vacancies had been piling up.
As per Bharadwaj, the Central government has been exercising unethical and unwarranted control over the Delhi Services Department, resulting in the stalling of all kinds of government recruitment in Delhi. The officers of the Services Department have at several occasions straight up refused to place on record the number of vacant posts despite multiple requests by Delhi Vidhan Sabha citing the control of Central govt on the department, he informed. He further questioned the BJP-led Central government’s motives and questioned why did the Central government deliberately keep state government posts vacant for so many years? The Services minister also highlighted how the BJP had falsely accused the Kejriwal government of delaying recruitment of principals and teachers when the responsibility lay with the Central government.
Bharadwaj also said that it was strange to see the L-G point fingers towards the Central government regarding the delay in these appointments. He added that everyone in the country is aware that appointment for jobs in Delhi, transfer of government officers or taking actions against errant officers, all of this comes under the Central government. He also added that since the L-G is appointed by the Central government, by default, this task comes under his own office.
Therefore, Bharadwaj said that when earlier in the day the L-G pointed out that 35,000 posts had been lying vacant, he was essentially blaming the Central government for the delay in filling up these posts. Bharadwaj asked the Central government why there was a delay in filling up these vacancies. He also told the Central government that it was the citizens of Delhi who suffered because of the delay in filling up these posts.