New Delhi, July 16 -- The Revenue Department of BJP-led government of Delhi has issued an advisory restricting frequent summoning of DMs/ADMs/SDMs by ministers and MLAs for meetings or inspections.

Aam Admi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj spoke in response to this: "The protocol of an MLA is equal to that of the Chief Secretary and the protocol of a minister is even above that of the Chief Secretary. Now, a minister will have to ask the Chief Secretary whether he wants to call the DM for a meeting. This shows that all is not well in the government. There is no coordination in the government."

Before specifying the instructions to be followed, the circular contextualised: "The office of District Magistrate is one of the most important off...