Power tussle between Delhi CM, L-G reaches Parliament

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)