Kejriwal back from treatment in Bengaluru; meets ministers

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today returned here from Bengaluru after undergoing 10 days of naturopathy treatment for his chronic cough at a private medical institute.
Within hours of his return, Kejriwal met his ministers at his official residence to discuss issues such as the strike by MCD sanitation workers and the death of a six-year-old boy at Ryan International School.
The Chief Minister had left for Bengaluru on January 27. A senior government official said that Kejriwal's cough had worsened in the winter. Also, Kejriwal's sugar levels were high.
In March last year, Kejriwal had undergone a 10-day course of naturopathy treatment for his high sugar level and chronic cough at a health institute in Bengaluru.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had taken care of the day-to-day affairs of the Delhi government during Kejriwal's absence.
Delhi witnessed the strike by sanitation workers, teachers and doctors of the BJP-ruled municipal corporations over non- payment of their salaries while Kejriwal was away in Bengaluru.

Kejriwal had announced that the AAP government would extend a loan of Rs 551 crore to the north and east municipal corporations for paying salaries to their staff, a move taken with a view to ending the stir by sanitation workers.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly
Vijender Gupta attacked the AAP government and dubbed as "hollow" the achievements listed in the Lieutenant Governor's address.

"I have read the LG's speech several times. Can the two crore people of Delhi believe this government is doing something concrete for them? But with great sadness I can say that people are disappointed. There was no agenda in the LG's address. The government has strayed from its path," he said.
Replying to Gupta's charges, Kejriwal said he was "happy" that the opposition leader was not able to level any corruption charge against AAP ministers.
"I am happy that the leader of opposition has spent so much time studying it (the LG's speech). And all he could find wrong with it was that we could not fulfil all our promises made in our manifesto two years ago," he said.

"...BJP president Amit Shah said his party's manifesto was 'jumla' (election rhetoric). We take it (our manifesto) seriously and promise to fulfil all our promises by the end of five years," he said.
"Minimum wages should have been approved by August but the Prime Minister called former LG Najeeb Jung and said 'don't let anything happen' in Delhi," he alleged.
The Centre has not allowed the AAP government to function smoothly, he alleged.