<p>Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday returned the file of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking removal of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Singh, and asked for a valid reason behind the government move.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Earlier in the day, Singh, a Congress leader, met the LG to apprise him on her run-in with Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who had refused to appear before the Commission in person, following summons for his ‘raid’ on some Ugandan women.<br /> <br />The Delhi government sought to replace Bharkha Singh with author Maitreyi Pushpa, alleging, among other things, that the Congress leader had politicised the complaint against Bharti.<br /><br />Kejriwal also told a press conference here on Thursday that there was a question mark over Barkha Singh’s “ability to work independently” as she was a political person.<br /><br />“We are against political appointees on government panels and are bringing in Pushpa as the new DCW chief, who will draw a token monthly salary of Re1,” he said. <br /><br />After the meeting with Jung, Barkha Singh said: “We have briefed the lieutenant governor and he has assured me that he would go by the rules.”<br />She countered allegations by Kejriwal that she was partisan.</p>
<p>Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday returned the file of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking removal of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Singh, and asked for a valid reason behind the government move.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Earlier in the day, Singh, a Congress leader, met the LG to apprise him on her run-in with Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who had refused to appear before the Commission in person, following summons for his ‘raid’ on some Ugandan women.<br /> <br />The Delhi government sought to replace Bharkha Singh with author Maitreyi Pushpa, alleging, among other things, that the Congress leader had politicised the complaint against Bharti.<br /><br />Kejriwal also told a press conference here on Thursday that there was a question mark over Barkha Singh’s “ability to work independently” as she was a political person.<br /><br />“We are against political appointees on government panels and are bringing in Pushpa as the new DCW chief, who will draw a token monthly salary of Re1,” he said. <br /><br />After the meeting with Jung, Barkha Singh said: “We have briefed the lieutenant governor and he has assured me that he would go by the rules.”<br />She countered allegations by Kejriwal that she was partisan.</p>
