CM: ‘ Complete jungle raj’ in national capital
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and lieutenantgovernor Najeeb Jung of “failing to control deteriorating law and order,” Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that there is “complete jungle raj” in the national capital.
Referring to the triple murder of a 50- year- old woman and her two daughters at their residence in northeast Delhi’s Brahmapuri area, Mr Kejriwal urged both the Prime Minister and the lieutenant- governor to do “something ( to control crime),” saying that “( see) what is happening in Delhi.”
“Complete jungle raj in Del. LG/ Modi ji failed miserably. What hv they done to control deteriorating law n order? ( sic),” Mr Kejriwal said in a series of tweets. “This is 2 years of Modi raj,” he said, referring to the triple murder case. In another tweet, the chief minister said, “LG sahib/ Modi ji, pl do something. Ye delhi mein kya ho raha hai ( what is happening in Delhi).”
The ruling AAP in the city has been demanding that the Delhi police, which directly reports to the Union home ministry, must be handed over under the control of the Delhi government.
Last month, the Delhi government had released a draft bill on full statehood to Delhi, seeking to bring the police, land, municipal corporations and bureaucracy under its control, and invited suggestions from the public.
Mr Kejriwal had also severely criticised the Delhi police following the murder of 19- year- old Meenakshi who was
Last month, the Delhi government had released a draft bill on full statehood to Delhi, seeking to bring the police, land, municipal corporations and bureaucracy under its control, and invited suggestions from the public
Law and order situation is deteriorating in Delhi every day, claims CM
stabbed to death in Central Delhi’s Anand Parbat area in July last year.
“The law and order situation is deteriorating in Delhi every day. The Delhi police comes under the Prime Minister. Either he should do something or the Delhi police should be handed over to the Delhi government,” he had said after meeting Meenakshi’s family members.
He had also said, “If the police is not answerable to the Delhi government then how will it be held accountable? Right now, the Delhi police is a law unto itself.”