Journalism of Courage
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday challenged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to file a complaint against him if the AAP leader agreed with the allegations levelled by former home secretary, saying merely “hurling allegations” in media would not help.
On Saturday, Kejriwal said that he agreed with the allegations levelled by former home secretary R K Singh, who is now in BJP, that Shinde used “to send chits with names” for postings of Delhi Police officers and that money could be involved in it.
“I am ready to face any probe. If Kejriwal has any evidence or proof, he should bring it out and not merely hurl accusations. He can also go to the court and file a complaint against me, I am ready for any kind of investigations,” Shinde told The Indian Express.
Kejriwal, who met Shinde on Saturday demanding suspension of police officers in three separate cases, including the one in which police officers refused to carry out raid on his minister’s diktat, had also indicated that the Union government was not taking action against Delhi Police officers as they were posted at his “behest”. The Delhi CM has threatened to sit on a dharna outside Shinde’s office in North Block from Monday if the four police officers were not suspended.
The Home Minister said he was not worried about Kejriwal’s protest outside his office and that law will takes its own course if anyone tried to disrupt the government’s functioning.
