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Delhi LG Nominates AAP’s Kailash Gahlot For Flag Hoisting On Independence Day Amid Row

By Jhanak Sharma      13 August, 2024 05:44 PM      0 Comments
Delhi LG Nominates AAPs Kailash Gahlot For Flag Hoisting On Independence Day Amid Row

New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday appointed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and state Home Minister Kailash Gahlot to hoist the national flag at the state's Independence Day event, according to officials at Raj Niwas.

In an official communication to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, LG's secretary Ashish Kundra stated, "The Lieutenant Governor is pleased to nominate Minister (Home), GNCTD, Kailash Gahlot, to unfurl the National Flag at the state-level Independence Day celebrations at Chhatrasaal Stadium. Necessary arrangements may be made accordingly," LG's Secretary Ashish Kundra said in a written communication to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar.

Also Read: Kejriwal’s directive for Atishi to hoist flag legally invalid: GAD

Earlier in the day, the Delhi government's General Administration Department (GAD) refused to comply with Minister Gopal Rai's directive to arrange for Education Minister Atishi to hoist the national flag in the city on Independence Day.

While AAP claimed that jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal 'desires' Atishi to hoist the tricolour in his absence, the LG office has maintained that no letter from Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody, has been received.

Even the GAD said that the Chief Minister cannot authorise minister Atishi to do so on his behalf.



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