Jailed in Tihar in the alleged excise policy-linked money laundering case, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reportedly wrote to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena informing him that Cabinet Minister Atishi will hoist the national flag at the city Government’s Independence Day function on August 15.
Behind bars for long, the AAP chief has neither resigned from the Chief Minister’s post nor named anyone as his replacement.
“Kejriwal has written to the L- G from jail saying Atishi will hoist the Tricolour on his behalf on August 15,” an AAP statement said. Every year, the Delhi Government’s Independence Day function is held at Chhatrasal Stadium where Kejriwal has been unfurling the national flag and addressing the gathering since taking the reigns of Delhi.
However, Raj Niwas officials have claimed that no such letter has been received by Saxena. “With regard to the AAP claim regarding the flag hoisting on August 15, it is clarified that the LG Secretariat has not received any such communication whatsoever,” an official said.