A new tussle started between the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, VK Saxena and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the inauguration of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprasth University in East Delhi.

Delhi education minister, Atishi had announced the inauguration of the university by the Delhi CM which prompted the Delhi LG to issue a statement saying, “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal himself was aware of the fact that the L-G was scheduled to inaugurate the campus. In fact, they were also aware that they were supposed to be present in the function as Guest of Honour and distinguished guest, as desired by the L-G and had also consented to it.”

“Moreover, even on the day when Atishi made this claim in a press conference, i.e. 06.06.2023, earlier during the day, the VC of GGSIPU had announced on stage at the Convocation of GGSIPU, where Atishi was present as a Guest of Honour, that the East Campus of the University was scheduled to be inaugurated by the Lt. Governor on 08.06.2023,” it added.  

Reacting to this Delhi education minister, Atishi said that the L-G should not forget that education, higher education and technical education are all transferred subjects.

Even Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj reacted to this, saying that the L-G should focus on inauguration of buildings which come under Police, Land and Public order.

“The construction of this campus started when he (VK Saxena) was not the L-G. Manish Sisodia started this work and our elected government took it further. It is strange now for the L-G to say that he was asked by officials to inaugurate the university campus,” Bhardwaj said.

“At this rate, the L-G could say tomorrow that he would inaugurate Saurabh Bhardwaj’s office. That’s why L-G has kept all officers under his control and wants to keep it going. The CM is the one vested with the moral authority to inaugurate the campus. Such thoughts should not even come to the L-G’s mind,” he added.

Tensions have been rising between the Delhi L-G and Delhi CM for the past few years over various matters. Notably, in May this year a Supreme Court judgement had ruled that the Delhi government had powers over civil services in the Delhi after which the Centre had brought in an ordinance regarding civil services giving more power to the L-G, creating more friction between the two posts.

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Bengaluru: A case against Dattapeetha activist reopened by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka a day after Karsevak was arrested.

The case pertains to the demolition of a tomb at Dattapeetha in 2017 in Chikkamagaluru Taluk.

Congress government reopened the seven years old case.

The case was closed under Bharataiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

#BREAKING | Back-to-back controversies by the Siddaramaiah government, yet another case revived by the Congress government. A case against Dattapeetha activists reopened.

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So far, Congress has reopened the cases against 14 people.

Cases against Tudukur Manju, Shivaraj, Sandesh, Sumanth, Naga, Nagendra Poojary, Mohan, Ashok, Teju, Srinath, Lokesh, Mahendra, Sandeep and Ramu reopened

The activists have been asked to appear before the court on January 8.

Following the uproar over the arrest of two BJP leaders involved in the 1992 Ayodhya protest, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on Tuesday that a criminal is forever a criminal unless proven innocent by a court of law.

A significant controversy has erupted in Congress-ruled Karnataka ahead of the January 22 Ram Temple opening, following Srikanth Poojari’s detention in connection with previous instances.

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