KEJRIWAL NOT CONSCIOUS OF HIS DUTIES as Chief Minister: Sheila Dikshit

NEW DELHI: As Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's sit-in protest inside the Raj Niwas entered the third day today, Congress leader Sheila Dikshit said he was not at all conscious of his constitutional duties and people are bearing the brunt of his "confrontational politics".

Dikshit, a three-time Delhi chief minister, said it was "completely unacceptable" that the head of the government was sitting on a "dharna" at the Lt Governor's house when the city was reeling under severe water crisis and other problems.

The veteran Congress leader said people of Delhi had given Kejriwal a "huge" majority and he does not have any option of staying away from his responsibilities and inflicting pain and miseries on the common man.

"What message you are giving? It (dharna) makes no sense. People of Delhi are very very disappointed because they brought him with a huge majority. There is not a single Congress MLA in the Delhi Assembly. The BJP had won only 3 seats. You had a sweep and this is how you are misutilising it," Dikshit said.

Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and two other Delhi ministers have been on sit-in protest at Liteutenant Governor Anil Baijal's office demanding directions to the IAS officers to end their "strike" and cooperate with the AAP government.

Dikshit said there were limitations of powers for the Delhi chief minister and the constraints coming in the way of governance can be overcome by being logical.