Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had asked the L-G to release files on regularisation of guest teachers in the city
Lashing out at the ongoing controversy over the regularisation of guest teachers in the Capital, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said "I am an elected chief minister, not a terrorist".
Furious over the L-G Anil Baijal's decision to oppose the Bill, Kejriwal launched a broadside against the L-G, BJP and the bureaucracy, alleging a nexus between them, which prompted a walk-out by the Opposition.
He was taking part in a discussion on a Bill introduced in the Assembly to regularise the employment of around 15,000 guest teachers (working on contractual basis) in Delhi government-run schools. The Bill was later passed by the House through voice vote.
"Hum Delhi ke maalik hai (we are Delhi's masters), not the bureaucracy," he asserted at one point, which was greeted with loud cheers and table thumping by the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs.
Registering his objection, Baijal said that matters relating to 'services' fall beyond the legislative competence of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and that the proposed legislation was not in accordance with the Constitutional scheme.
Kejriwal alleged that the files relating to the regularisation of the teachers were never shown to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, by the officials on the direction of the L-G.
"What state secrets do these files contain that they cannot be shown to us? I want to tell the LG that I am an elected CM of Delhi and not a terrorist. He (Sisodia) is an elected education minister, not a terrorist," Kejriwal said, drawing references from a dialogue of the 2010 Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan.
Kejriwal also took exception to Baijal's objection that the government did not consult the Law Department before introducing the Bill. "People did not elect the law secretary, they elected us. The country is run on democracy, not bureaucracy. We are Delhi's masters. They (bureaucrats) will follow our orders," he said.
Since storming to power in 2015, the AAP and the bureaucracy have shared an uneasy relationship with frequent run ins over matters of jurisdiction, mainly due to the capital's administrative structure where the LG enjoys primacy over the elected CM.
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