NEW DELHI:
Delhi's IAS association on Sunday held an unprecedented press conference to counter
AAP's claim that its officers are on strike and said that they are being "targeted"and "victimised".
"I would like to inform that we are not on strike. The information that IAS officers in Delhi are on strike is completely false and baseless. We are attending meetings, all departments are doing their work. We are sometimes also working on holidays," said Manisha Saxena, IAS Association Delhi.
The officers were addressing the media after Delhi government alleged that bureaucrats in the national capital have been “hindering” the work of the AAP-led government and have alleged that they have been
staging a strike for the last four months.<br/>
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"Let us do our work. We are feeling frightened and victimised. We are being used for completely political reasons," said bureaucrat Varsha Joshi.
Delhi chief minister
Arvind Kejriwal along with his cabinet colleagues has been
camping at Lt. Governor Anil Baijal's house
+ for almost a week to demand that Baijal issue a directive to civil servants who the AAP leader says are on de facto strike.
Not getting any response from the Lt. Governor, the
AAP announced a march to Modi's residence
+ at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg starting from Mandi House at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Earlier today, AAP said that it wants to apprise Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the fact that Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal is doing injustice to Delhi.
"I assure Lieutenant Governor, Prime Minister Office and Delhi police that there would not be any violence. People just want to tell the prime minister that the LG appointed by him, is doing injustice to Delhi," AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj, while addressing the media here said. Bhardwaj said they will request the prime minister to tell the protesting IAS officers to resume work.
(With inputs from agencies)
