Centre ruling BJP cancels nine posts of AAP in Delhi cabinet
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 07:30 PM
New Delhi, April 17: The Union Home Ministry has cancelled nine posts of advisors held by AAP members in the Delhi cabinet, sparking a fresh face-off between the Centre and the ruling party in the capital.
The General Administration Department (GAD) of the Delhi government, citing a Home Ministry letter dated April 10, said on Tuesday that the appointment of advisors and consultants in various ministries stands cancelled.
These include Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Atishi Marlena, Raghav Chaddha and Arunoday Prakash -- all advisers to Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia.
The government has also cancelled the posts held by Amar Deep Tiwari as media adviser to Law Minister, Prashant Saxena and Samir Malhotra as consultants to Power Minister, Rajat Tiwari as aide-de-camp in office of Minister of Power, Ram Kumar Jha as adviser (logistics) in the office of Minister, GAD and Dinkar Adeeb as OSD to Home Minister.