PTI, NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash today attended a Cabinet meeting, his first since the alleged assault on him by AAP MLAs, after asking CMArvind Kejriwal to ensure that officers are not attacked physically or verbally.
The chief minister’s adviser V K Jain, who was questioned by police in connection with the alleged assault on Prakash at Kejriwal’s residence on February 19, proceeded on a week’s medical leave.
“The chief minister’s adviser has gone on week-long medical leave. He has not been attending office since the alleged assault on the chief secretary,” sources told PTI.
Delhi Police told a court last week that Jain had disclosed during interrogation that he saw MLAs Prakash Jarwal and Amanatullah Khan surrounding the chief secretary and assaulting him at the chief minister’s residence that night.
However, Jain had previously said he had not seen anything as he had gone to the washroom at the time of the incident.
Hours before the Cabinet meeting today, Prakash wrote to Kejriwal saying he would attend to discuss important budget matters and asked him to ensure “no physical attack and verbal assault” on officers.
The Delhi cabinet decided that the budget session of the Assembly would be held from March 16-28.
“A meeting of the Council of Ministers has been scheduled (today) to discuss important matters of finalisation of dates for the Budget Session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly,” Prakash said.
