Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V Ok Saxena on Wednesday suggested Chief Minister Atishi to name a particular session of the Delhi Meeting on Thursday or Friday to desk 14 Comptroller and Auditor Common of India (CAG) reviews.
Calling the delay in tabling the 14 reviews a “deliberate lapse”, Saxena stated the Delhi authorities had convened solely 5 Meeting classes in 5 years.
“Within the regular course, a legislature is convened for not less than three classes in a yr however it’s a travesty of legislative observe that the Delhi authorities convened solely 5 classes in 5 years,” he wrote.
The L-G stated that the third a part of the fifth session of the Delhi Legislative Meeting was adjourned sine die on December 4 however but not prorogued.
“You, being the chief of the Home, in session with the Speaker, could convene a particular sitting of the Meeting for laying these CAG reviews on December 19 or December 20, given the inordinate delay within the matter and that elections for the eighth Legislative Meeting are impending,” he wrote. The L-G added that ordinarily, he wouldn’t have indicated a time-frame for calling a particular sitting of the Home on quick discover, however the state of affairs was extraordinary because the time period of the present meeting and that of the elected authorities is about to run out in February 2025.
Earlier, Delhi BJP MLAs had filed a petition within the Delhi Excessive Court docket, searching for a route to the AAP authorities to desk the reviews within the Meeting.
Saxena additionally stated that he had been constantly writing to Atishi and her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, reminding them of the criticality of this basic obligation.
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