<p class="title">The fight between the AAP government and the lt governor over installing CCTV cameras in Delhi intensified today as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his cabinet ministers and MLAs sat on a 'dharna' near the L-G office urging him "not to stall" the project under "pressure from the BJP".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kejriwal and his colleagues sat on 'dharna' after the police officials deployed at L-G Anil Baijal's office told the chief minister that he and his ministers can meet Baijal, but the AAP legislators will not be allowed to go with them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shortly after, Kejriwal, his ministers, legislators and AAP supporters sat on a 'dharna' barely 100 metres from Baijal's office in protest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"L-G does not want to meet MLAs. He only wants to meet me and cabinet ministers. L-G will have to meet the MLAs. I will meet him along with the ministers and the MLAs," Kejriwal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The protesters chanted Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan "Raghupati Raghav, Raja Ram" and prayed for "good sense" to prevail on the L-G.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The protest near Baijal's office disrupted the movement of vehicles in the area. A large number of police personnel were deployed at the scene of the protest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before sitting of the protest, the AAP leaders had taken out a march from Kejriwal's official residence in Civil Lines area to Baijal's office to urge the L-G for "not stalling" the project under "pressure from the BJP".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kejriwal, his ministerial colleagues including his deputy Manish Sisodia and PWD Minister Satyendra Jain, and AAP MLAs, began their march at 3 pm under heavy police security cover.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the two-kilometre march, they raised slogans against the L-G and the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before the protest, Kejriwal attacked the BJP, alleging it does not want CCTV cameras installed in Delhi and hence was stalling the project through the L-G's office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In its 2015 manifesto election, the Aam Aadmi Party had promised to install at least 10 lakh CCTV cameras in the city for the security of women.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The committee set up by the L-G is very dangerous. The committee has been set up to stall CCTV project," Kejriwal told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The AAP dispensation has been opposing the LG-appointed committee constituted for preparing a common framework for installation and monitoring of CCTV cameras.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yesterday, Baijal wrote to Kejriwal, saying it was "unfortunate" that the public and media were being "misled" on the issue "repeatedly and deliberately".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hours after Baijal's letter, Kejriwal wrote back to the lt governor, seeking to know why he was "politicising" the issue of women safety.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kejriwal alleged that Baijal had set up the committee "arbitrarily", bypassing the elected government and sought to know why he was "violating" the Constitution.</p>
<p class="title">The fight between the AAP government and the lt governor over installing CCTV cameras in Delhi intensified today as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his cabinet ministers and MLAs sat on a 'dharna' near the L-G office urging him "not to stall" the project under "pressure from the BJP".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kejriwal and his colleagues sat on 'dharna' after the police officials deployed at L-G Anil Baijal's office told the chief minister that he and his ministers can meet Baijal, but the AAP legislators will not be allowed to go with them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shortly after, Kejriwal, his ministers, legislators and AAP supporters sat on a 'dharna' barely 100 metres from Baijal's office in protest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"L-G does not want to meet MLAs. He only wants to meet me and cabinet ministers. L-G will have to meet the MLAs. I will meet him along with the ministers and the MLAs," Kejriwal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The protesters chanted Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan "Raghupati Raghav, Raja Ram" and prayed for "good sense" to prevail on the L-G.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The protest near Baijal's office disrupted the movement of vehicles in the area. A large number of police personnel were deployed at the scene of the protest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before sitting of the protest, the AAP leaders had taken out a march from Kejriwal's official residence in Civil Lines area to Baijal's office to urge the L-G for "not stalling" the project under "pressure from the BJP".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kejriwal, his ministerial colleagues including his deputy Manish Sisodia and PWD Minister Satyendra Jain, and AAP MLAs, began their march at 3 pm under heavy police security cover.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the two-kilometre march, they raised slogans against the L-G and the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before the protest, Kejriwal attacked the BJP, alleging it does not want CCTV cameras installed in Delhi and hence was stalling the project through the L-G's office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In its 2015 manifesto election, the Aam Aadmi Party had promised to install at least 10 lakh CCTV cameras in the city for the security of women.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The committee set up by the L-G is very dangerous. The committee has been set up to stall CCTV project," Kejriwal told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The AAP dispensation has been opposing the LG-appointed committee constituted for preparing a common framework for installation and monitoring of CCTV cameras.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yesterday, Baijal wrote to Kejriwal, saying it was "unfortunate" that the public and media were being "misled" on the issue "repeatedly and deliberately".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hours after Baijal's letter, Kejriwal wrote back to the lt governor, seeking to know why he was "politicising" the issue of women safety.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kejriwal alleged that Baijal had set up the committee "arbitrarily", bypassing the elected government and sought to know why he was "violating" the Constitution.</p>