The Asian Age

CM, MLAs will walk to L- G House

‘ Will urge Baijal not to follow BJP’s directions and stall CCTV cameras’ installati­on’

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal along with all the Aam Aadmi Party legislator­s will walk from his residence to L- G House on Monday seeking nod for CCTVs cameras to be installed in the city, his deputy Manish Sisodia said on Saturday.

As the issue snowballed into yet another confrontat­ion between the AAP government and the lieutenant- Governor, Mr Kejriwal had on Friday also sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interventi­on in the execution of the CCTV project saying it was related to women safety and should be above politics.

“For three years, when we were working on this project, the L- G was silent. Suddenly now, when the tender has been allotted, he sees loophole in the system. The CM along with all Delhi Ministers and AAP MLAs will walk to LG house to discuss the issue,” deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said.

Mr Sisodia said that he has also written a letter to the L- G informing him about the visit. “The stalling of CCTV project has created uproar in public. We will come at 3 pm on Monday to discuss the issue with you. If the time is not suitable to you, you can tell us an alternativ­e time on that day,” he said in the letter.

Mr Kejriwal said that they will urge the L- G not to follow the BJP’s “orders”. “All ministers and MLAs will walk up to L- G house from my residence on Monday at 3 p. m. to urge the L- G not to follow BJP’s directions and to allow CCTV cameras to be installed,” he tweeted.

On Tuesday, Mr Baijal formed a committee to come up with a standard operating procedure for the installati­on, operation and monitoring of closedcirc­uit television­s.

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