Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking an appointment to meet him to discuss the “deteriorating” law and order in the national capital.
Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav on Thursday launched a scathing attack at the Centre and the AAP-led Delhi government, saying city residents are not safe even in their homes.
Few hours following a mild intensity explosion in North Delhi's Prashant Vihar, Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday accused the central government of not being able to maintain the city's law and order situation.
In a fresh allegation, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that the law and order situation in the national capital is deteriorating day by day, as several incidents of firing, extortion, and murder have shaken residents in the past few months.
BRS working president, KT Rama Rao also criticised the law-and-order situation in the state alleging that it was a major concern since the police were being kept busy in political affairs thereby crippling law enforcement.
“Already cliff-hanging governance in the state, from the perspective of Constitution and law, has recently been further strained by horrifying incidents of barbarity #RampurhatViolence and in the hallowed precincts of the West Bengal Assembly.”
"…I would request you to kindly refrain from making unwarranted statements and also allow the administration to conduct impartial investigation to find out the truth and take exemplary action against those involved in the incident,” wrote Miss Banerjee in her two-page letter.
At the meeting, source said the issue of twin murders of councillors from the ruling party and another from the Congress at Panihati, North 24-Parganas and Jhalda, Purulia figured prominently in the talks as the opposition has been claiming that law and order situation in the state is on the decline.
AICC leader questioned the BJP for its “utter failure” to ensure the safety of innocent people in Kashmir when the law and order are directly under the home ministry.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been monitoring the situation and also was in touch with the state governments.
