AAP vows to go hard against corrupt politicians

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader and senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan expressed his happiness as Arvind Kejriwal and other party leaders took oath to be a part of the Delhi government and reiterated the party's stand that it will go hard against the corrupt politicians.

"We are committed to Jan Lokpal for Delhi. We are committed to initiate independent investigation of all the scams that have taken place during Congress's rule in the national capital and during former chief minister Sheila Dikshit's reign in which top policy makers were involved in the CWG, Delhi Jal Board scam and many others. So all those were involved will be investigated," said Prashant Bhushan.

He added, "We will pass Jan Lokpal Bill and will conduct an inquiry into the corruption cases during the tenure of Sheila Dikshit."

Interestingly, hours after Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the seventh Chief Minister of Delhi on Saturday, he transferred Chief of Delhi Jal Board Debashree Mukherjee along with eight other IAS officers.

Senior IAS officer Vijay Kumar has been made the new CEO of Delhi Jal Board.

Power Secretary RK Verma, who is also the CMD of Delhi Transco Ltd and Chairman of Pragati Power Corporation Ltd, has been shifted as the Principal Secretary of Higher Education. He will also hold charge as the Principal Secretary, Training and Technical Education.

Transport Secretary Puneet Goel has been transferred as the Power Secretary. The Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner in the Development Department Arvind Ray will hold additional charge in the transport department.

The shifting of Mukherjee and Verma assumes significance in the light of the statement by Chief Minister Kejriwal earlier in the day that his government would take a decision on water supply by Monday and on electricity by Tuesday or Wednesday.

AAP had promised 700 litres of free water daily to each household along with a reduction by 50 per cent in power tariffs in the city.

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti who will handle Tourism, Law, Administrative reforms in the Delhi government said that there is no resting for the party and it will put its best efforts for the betterment of the people. "We will start working on the implementation of our poll promises at the earliest," added the newly sworn-in MLA.