2015 marked unprecedented acrimony between AAP govt and Centre

Delhi witnessed an unprecedented political acrimony between the Arvind Kejriwal government and the BJP-ruled Centre in 2015 which earlier saw the Aam Aadmi Party making history by storming to power with an overwhelming haul of 67 seats in the 70-member assembly.
The animosity that emerged over the appointment of Shakuntala Gamlin as the acting Chief Secretary by the Lt Governor, against the ruling AAP's opinion, turned full circle with the CBI raids at the Delhi Secretariat in December and the ensuing political firestorm.
As the conflict raged on, words flew thick and fast, often lowering the quality of public discourse, and both sides exchanged letters, claiming rightful authority over administrative jurisdiction.

As matters came to a head over the appointment of Swati Maliwal as Delhi Commission for Women chief (DCW) in July, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung proclaimed, "In respect to the NCT (national capital territory) of Delhi the Government means the Lieutenant Governor of the NCT of Delhi."
Steps towards fulfilling key poll promises like slashing water and power tariff, passing the Jan Lokpal Bill and a set of radical measures to combat the growing menace of air pollution under public and judicial pressure would also count among the focal points of the Kejriwal government.
The government announced a series of radical measures to mitigate rising pollution in the city, chief among them the introduction of the odd-even policy, under which vehicles bearing odd and even registration plates plied on alternate days starting today.

The first standoff occurred within days of Jung appointing senior bureaucrat Gamlin as acting Chief Secretary of the city government in June, in the temporary absence of K K Sharma, notwithstanding strong reservations by the Kejriwal dispensation which termed the decision as "unconstitutional".

Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) became another sticking point with the body being headed by two simultaneous heads at one point, LG-appointed M K Meena and the other, S S Yadav, authorised by the AAP government.
Kejriwal accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking over the anti-graft body using "paramilitary" personnel on June 8, which he said was aimed at weakening AAP's fight against corruption.

The AAP government also amended a law, making it liable
for babus to pay penalty for delay in providing services included in the citizens charter, ensuring "automatic and mandatory" compensation for people, doing away with the need to separately apply for it.
Getting caste, income, marriage, domicile certificates were also sought to made "hassle-free" with the government simplifying procedure for 12 services doing away with the need of affidavits and introducing self attestation.
The 'e-District project', aimed at digitising government services and records was also launched. The government also distributed compensation cheques to families hit by 1984 anti-Sikh riots on the 31st anniversary of the violence and later enhanced the amount to Rs 5 lakh.

The Winter session of the Assembly saw the passing of key legislations like the Jan Lokpal, and three education bills, with an eye on reining in private schools and scrapping of no detention policy till class VIII.
A fresh round of confrontation started in December once Jung, in his communication to the MHA, questioned the legality of a Commission of Inquiry to probe alleged irregularities in DDCA, an issue over which the AAP is training its guns on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, demanding his resignation.
In September, Jung had directed all officers, including IAS and DANICS, not to follow the Delhi government orders which were declared by the Centre as "null and void".

Before that, in late August, the Home Ministry declared as "legally invalid and void" the Delhi government-constituted Commission of Inquiry to probe into the alleged CNG fitness scam, saying it was not the "competent authority" to set up any such panel.
Following CBI raids at the Secretariat on December 15, Kejriwal took on Modi calling him a "psychopath" and "coward" and targeted Jaitley over alleged corruption in Delhi's cricket body under his watch. He also demanded the Prime Minister's resignation for "getting the raids conducted".
Amid charges and counter-charges, Kejriwal claimed his office was raided which was denied by CBI as well as Jaitley in Rajya Sabha where the Opposition created an uproar. The chief minister claimed he was in fact the target and that Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar was just an excuse.

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At the fag end of the year, over 250 senior officials of Delhi government went on a mass leave protesting suspension of two colleagues, an action declared void by the Centre.
The two officials were suspended for allegedly refusing to sign on decisions taken by the government. The protest came a day before roll out of the odd-even scheme.
The government approved a new slum policy, seeking to ensure in situ development of slums, within days of a demolition drive in West Delhi's Shakur Basti by the Railways, that rendered thousands homeless, prompting Kejriwal to hit out at the Centre.

It also decided to shut down two coal-based thermal power plants in Badarpur and Rajghat, switch to vacuum cleaning of roads and landscape dusty patches of land alongside major arterial roads across the city.
The government made a series of announcements to curb air pollution.
It set up a two-member GoM to examine whether the existing law can be amended to ensure death penalty or life imprisonment to those involved in raping minors and to lower the cut off age of juveniles found guilty in such cases, besides to explore possibility of setting up special police stations.
It has not submitted its report yet. The 'Aam Aadmi canteens', which will serve nutritious food in the Rs 5-10 range, aimed especially at the working class population, are also yet to come up despite the plan being announced way back in July.

Education and health are counted among the government's priority sectors with the budget for education increased to around Rs 10,000 crore, a rise of nearly 100 per cent over last time. It has allocated Rs 209 crore for setting-up 1,000 Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics in various areas of the national capital.