Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel today warned government officers of strict action if they do not provide proper answers to the three written questions asked by AAP legislators by Monday.
Mr. Goel has asked three senior bureaucrats to remain present during the House proceedings today after their departments allegedly did not provide answers to the written questions. Principal Secretaries of Education, Power and Revenue Departments attended the proceedings following the directive. As the proceedings began, MLAs complained that officers have not provided proper answers to their questions. The Speaker said, he is pained that the answers of these questions have also not been provided and is extending the session till Monday. He added that if officers do not provide answers on Monday, he will take strict action. The three-day session, which started yesterday, was scheduled to conclude tomorrow. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged that the witholding of the answers by the bureaucrats was being done as part of a conspiracy to weaken the democratic system and Constitutional institutions.
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