Jung And Kejriwal Should Together Settle Controversy Amicably : Rajnath Singh

20 MaY, New Delhi

Home minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should sit together and settle the issue amicably.

Singh today met President Pranab Mukherjee. Speaking to reporters after meeting the President, Rajnath Singh declined to comment on the issues discussed.

Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the controversy of appointments of bureaucrats to key posts by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. In his letter, Kejriwal alleged that the Centre is interfering through the Lieutenant Governor.

Kejriwal urged the Prime Minister to allow the Delhi government to work independently under constitutional scheme.