As the sit-in protest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three senior ministers entered its fifth day on Friday, the Central government assured its intervention in the ongoing stalemate between the Delhi Lieutenant Governor and the city government.

Senior AAP leader and MP Sanjay Singh after meeting Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the “Centre has agreed” to take up the current situation in Delhi with the LG and find a solution to the row over governance.

“I narrated to him the entire situation in Delhi and how IAS officers have been avoiding important government meetings during the past four months,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader told the media here.

“The Home Minister has promised that he will take up the matter with Lt Governor Anil Baijal and find a solution to the issue,” he said.

Kejriwal on Friday yet again urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the IAS officers in the Delhi administration to end their strike before 17 June in order to enable him to attend the NITI Aayog meet.

“The IAS officers in Delhi have been on strike for the last three months and this had badly affected several (administrative) works. In order to get this strike ended, my three ministers and I have been camping in the lt Governor office for the last five days, but your lt Governor is not taking any action”, Kejriwal wrote in his letter to the PM.

The Delhi Chief Minister said since the IAS officers in the Delhi administration are directly under the Central government’s control, he had written to the Prime Minister on Thursday also over the issue but got no response from his side.

“The issues to be discussed in the NITI Aayog meet scheduled on June 17 will have to be executed by these IAS officers only… These IAS officers have been barred (by the Centre) to come to meeting called by Delhi Ministers. Tell me, would you be able to do any work if IAS officers stop coming to the meetings called by you,” Kejriwal said, adding that he hopes the IAS officers’ strike would be ended before 17 June so that he can attend the NITI Aayog meet on that day.

Earlier, in a video released from the lt Governor’s office, Kejriwal announced a doorto- door campaign that will see his party members collect 10 lakh letters to be sent to the Prime Minister echoing demands made by the party.

“After Sunday, if there is no response on our demands, go door-to-door and bring sign of at least 10 lakh families. We will forward it to the Prime Minister. He is not responding on my demands, so the people of Delhi will ask him,” Kejriwal had said.

The AAP also launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #ModijiForgiveDelhi. Meanwhile, high drama was witnessed in the afternoon at the LG office when four ambulances carrying medics drove into the Raj Niwas, fuelling speculation that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three ministers would be forcibly removed from the guest room where they have been protesting for the last four days.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendra Jain are on an indefinite fast for the last three and four days respectively. The duo threatened to stop taking water as well in case of forceful eviction.