{"id":298954,"date":"2018-06-18T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T15:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tehelka.com\/?p=298954"},"modified":"2018-07-03T09:01:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T09:01:25","slug":"delhi-hc-terms-cm-kejriwals-protest-at-lgs-house-unwarranted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/delhi-hc-terms-cm-kejriwals-protest-at-lgs-house-unwarranted\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC Terms CM Kejriwal&#8217;s protest at LG&#8217;s house &#8216;Unwarranted&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-298776 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/AAP-Delhi-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Delhi High Court on June 18 termed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal&#8217;s week-long sit-in protest at Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal&#8217;s house as &#8216;Unwarranted.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0&#8220;This can&#8217;t be called a strike. You can&#8217;t go inside someone&#8217;s office or house and hold a strike there,&#8221; said the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The protest was challenged by BJP leader Vijender Gupta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Delhi CM has been holding the protest along with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai protesting for having disagreements with LG Baijal over several issues and is demanding statehood for Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">CM Kejriwal specifically argued that bureaucrats or IAS officers were refusing to show up to work &#8211; or working only selectively &#8211; and the Lieutenant Governor must intervene to change that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Till LG Baijal asks bureaucrats to change their approach toward work, I will not leave the waiting room of the LG&#8217;s house in Delhi, said the Delhi Chief Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The court was hearing the petition against AAP government&#8217;s protest at LG&#8217;s house arguing that protest is unconstitutional and Kejriwal and his ministers &#8220;consider themselves above the law&#8221; and should be ordered to get back to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The court said it will take up the case on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2027716107\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 22<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, Manish Sisodia&#8217;s ketone level has risen to 7.4 which should ideally be zero. A team of doctors is reportedly on its way to the L-G house to see him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Also, Satyendra Jain was kept under medical observation on June 17. &#8220;Our team of specialists, who examined him, advised hospitalisation following which he was shifted to the ICU where necessary investigations and treatment was started instantly,&#8221; said\u00a0Dr J C Passey, medical superintendent of LNJP Hospital in Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;He (Jain) had to be put on oxygen therapy and he felt better after he passed urine at <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2027716108\"><span class=\"aQJ\">2.30 am.<\/span><\/span> His general condition is stable,&#8221; Passey added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court on June 18 termed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal&#8217;s week-long sit-in protest at Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal&#8217;s house as &#8216;Unwarranted.&#8217; \u00a0&#8220;This can&#8217;t be called a strike. You can&#8217;t go inside someone&#8217;s office or house and hold a strike there,&#8221; said the court. The protest was challenged by BJP leader Vijender Gupta. 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