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JALANDHAR: Amid controversy over Punjab chief secretary and other senior bureaucrats reportedly holding a meeting with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and power minister Satyendra Jain in Delhi without the presence of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann or the power minister, BJP has urged the Punjab governor to restrain the officers of Punjab government from transgressing the Constitutional duties and also to ask for an explanation from chief secretary.
In a letter to governor Banwari Lal Purohit on Tuesday, former Punjab minister and senior BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia also raised the question that if the chief secretary, being the administrative head of the state , “transgresses the Constitutional duties to please Political masters, how can he stop the officers under him ?”
Citing reports, which have not been denied by any of the participants so far, that Punjab CS Anirudh Tewari, power secretary Dalip Kumar and PSPCL chairman Baldev Singh Sran attended the meeting called by Kejriwal at Delhi and also attended by Delhi power minister Satyendra Jain and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha, Kalia has pointed out that Delhi CM has no Constitutional power to call the officers of Punjab government to discuss the matters relating to Punjab government.
Only Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann can call the meeting relating to Punjab matters and constitutionally Delhi CM can’t even sit in the meeting of officers called by Punjab CM, Kalia argued while adding that Punjab chief secretary and other officers have violated the spirit of the Constitution by attending the meeting called by Delhi CM.
“It is pertinent to note that at the time of joining the services, every officer is administered the oath of true faith and allegiance to Constitution, which stood violated by the chief secretary, power secretary and the chairman PSPCL. Every officer is bound by the Official Secrets Act. The officers who attended the meeting called by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal have violated the said Act,” Kalia had argued in his letter.
“ Your good-self being the constitutional head of the state may take the cognizance of transgressing the Constitutional duties by the officers of the Punjab government and ask for explanation and issue necessary instructions not to jump the parameters of Constitutional duties in future,” he added.
In a letter to governor Banwari Lal Purohit on Tuesday, former Punjab minister and senior BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia also raised the question that if the chief secretary, being the administrative head of the state , “transgresses the Constitutional duties to please Political masters, how can he stop the officers under him ?”
Citing reports, which have not been denied by any of the participants so far, that Punjab CS Anirudh Tewari, power secretary Dalip Kumar and PSPCL chairman Baldev Singh Sran attended the meeting called by Kejriwal at Delhi and also attended by Delhi power minister Satyendra Jain and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha, Kalia has pointed out that Delhi CM has no Constitutional power to call the officers of Punjab government to discuss the matters relating to Punjab government.
Only Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann can call the meeting relating to Punjab matters and constitutionally Delhi CM can’t even sit in the meeting of officers called by Punjab CM, Kalia argued while adding that Punjab chief secretary and other officers have violated the spirit of the Constitution by attending the meeting called by Delhi CM.
“It is pertinent to note that at the time of joining the services, every officer is administered the oath of true faith and allegiance to Constitution, which stood violated by the chief secretary, power secretary and the chairman PSPCL. Every officer is bound by the Official Secrets Act. The officers who attended the meeting called by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal have violated the said Act,” Kalia had argued in his letter.
“ Your good-self being the constitutional head of the state may take the cognizance of transgressing the Constitutional duties by the officers of the Punjab government and ask for explanation and issue necessary instructions not to jump the parameters of Constitutional duties in future,” he added.
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