NEW DELHI: The turf war between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal reached Parliament today, with a Rajya Sabha member claiming that the Chief Minister was being treated like a “peon”.
Deputy Chairman P J Kurien, who was chairing the proceedings, requested Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to try and sort out the friction between the duo.
As the issue dominated the discussion on a bill related to Delhi, a number of opposition members raised the matter of the Chief Minister not being invited to the inauguration of Metro’s Magenta Line.
“I have a suggestion for you. You please take initiative to sort out the friction between the Lt Governor and the Chief Minister,” Kurien told Puri, after a number of members raised the issue of power tussle between them.
Puri accepted it as a “bigger challenge” than challenges faced by him during his four-decade of public life that included negotiations with terrorists.
“In four decades of public life I have faced many challenges. I tried to negotiate with terrorists etc. This is going to be a difficult one but I will accept your challenge and I will try and negotiate… I will invite both of them for lunch and do something and I will try and sort this out,” the Minister told the Chair. (AGENCIES)
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