Hitting back at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the office of Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena accused the party of “citing bogus figures” to attack him at Mumbai’s KVIC lounge. This is in the context of AAP accusing Saxena of misusing his position when he was the chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission to award an interior design contract to his daughter at a Khadi lounge in Mumbai.
The LG office in its official Twitter handle said, “@kvicindia has categorically issued a letter stating that its Mumbai lounge had the full cost of execution of the project. 27.3 lakh, as opposed to fake figures by leaders of a political party.”
Earlier today, addressing a press conference, AAP’s national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh demanded that legal action be initiated against Saxena for awarding the contract to his daughter Shivangi Saxena for allegedly violating the law.
Singh alleged, “LG VK Saxena, during his tenure as KVIC President, misused his position and awarded the contract of interior designing of a Khadi lounge in Mumbai to his daughter. In awarding the contract, he violated the provisions of the KVIC Act 1961. violated.” ,
He said that the Prime Minister should immediately sack Saxena from the post of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and legal action should be taken against him for illegally awarding contract to his daughter.
Singh said AAP is in consultation with its senior lawyers and is preparing to go to court in the matter.
The LG on Thursday accused AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of resorting to “deviation tactics and false allegations” after flagging various issues, including irregularities in the government’s excise policy.
(with inputs from agencies)
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