India, May 2 -- The department of women and child development (DWCD) removed 223 contractual staff engaged by the Delhi commission for women (DCW) with immediate effect, after an approval from the lieutenant governor VK Saxena, as the staff was "engaged without having sanctioned posts and without following due procedures", according to an order dated April 29.

The move prompted backlash from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which attacked the LG and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), escalating the war of words and adding to a series of stand-offs over multiple administrative issues.

AAP ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj took to social media to register their disapproval, targeting the LG and BJP.

AAP's Rajya Sabha MP and former DCW chai...