On his part, Jung, a former bureaucrat, carried on his offensive against Kejriwal declaring all appointments made by the AAP government without his approval as invalid.
After Kejriwal wrote to Modi asking him to allow the AAP government to work freely, Jung stepped up offensive against the Delhi CM, terming as "unconstitutional" his order asking officers to put up files directly to Ministers.
In a letter to Kejriwal, Jung asserted that he was the sole authority to appoint and transfer IAS, DANICS (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service) and DASS (Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services) cadre officials. The DASS cadre employees included peons and clerks.
A day after he met President Pranab Mukherjee regarding the "unilateral" appointments of key bureaucrats by the LG, Kejriwal in the letter to Modi said the elected government must have a say about distribution of work to senior officials.
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In a prompt reply to Jung's letter to him, Kejriwal asked the Lt Governor to elaborate the provisions in the Constitution, the government of NCT of Delhi Act and Transaction of Business Rules that give him powers to issue such directions.
Kejriwal, who attended the meeting briefly, asked the officials to work according to provisions of the Constitution and without any fear or apprehension.
The bureaucrats met separately and condemened the "politicisation" of the appointments issue.
In an address at an event, Kejriwal said "everybody has got united against us. Yesterday, I went to meet a senior lawyer who told me that he had seen on news channels that everyone is against us (AAP Government) but public is supporting us.