Delhi Assembly speaker said Lt. Governor is drunk on power

New Delhi, April 13: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Thursday said a letter seeking details of communication over "reserved subjects" was not replied to by Lt. Governor Anil Baijal and asserted the latter is "drunk on power".

Goel said no reply was received in response to a March 27 letter from his office to the office of Lt. Governor.

"It is highly condemnable that he did not found it fit to reply to a constitutional functionary. He is drunk on power," Goel said at a press conference.

The letter from Delhi Assembly was sent to the office of Lt Governor seeking copies of communication over "reserved subjects" between the Central Government and Lt. Governor.

Last month, the Ministry of Law had advised the Lt. Governor's office to communicate to the Speaker that he should not admit questions related to reserved subjects such as public order, police, services and land.