New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Chief Whip in the Delhi Assembly and Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha slammed CM Rekha Gupta's directive in the Assembly, calling it a "licence for officers to ignore elected representatives".

According to a release, he emphasised that the order--which mandates MLAs and ministers to seek the Chief Secretary's approval before calling DMs or SDMs for meetings--has "become an excuse for officers to stop taking their calls". Calling it a "direct attack on democracy" and "contempt of the House", Sanjeev Jha urged the Speaker to "intervene" and ask the government to "withdraw the order immediately".

On the fourth day of the Delhi Assembly's Monsoon Session, Sanjeev Jha stated, "A few days ago, CM Rekha Gupta...