New Delhi, A day after AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal accused her party government of "systematically dismantling" the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), two members of the panel on Wednesday dismissed her allegations as " malicious" and "fictitious".
In their letters to Maliwal, DCW members Firdos Khan and Kiran Negi also urged the MP not to use for her "personal political gains" the struggle of more than 700 women employed by the commission and under grant programs they have not received. their salaries since November. last year.
Maliwal wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, accusing her government of "systematically dismantling" the commission after she resigned as its head.
There was no immediate reaction from Maliwal to Khan and Negi's letters, the subject of which read: "Request to stop using the struggle of over 700 women for personal political gains."
Maliwal had resigned as DCW president following her nomination to the Rajya Sabha by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
"More than 700 women who have worked on the commission and in various grant programs across the city have been left without pay since November 2023, but you have made these women's fight solely about yourself and made statements that the attack on DCW began after his resignation," the letters said.
Negi and Khan in their letters, the content of which were the same, emphasized that Kejriwal and his government supported the DCW against the attack on the commission.
"Madam, the attack on the commission by the vested interests of the establishment has been ongoing since 2016 and the honorable prime minister and the elected government have always supported the commission as a strong shield," they said.
"I humbly request you to kindly desist from attacking the elected government and instead expose the honorable LG (Lieutenant Governor of Delhi) and the real perpetrators of this attack on the commission, as you have done all these years and even two months ago," they said in their letters.
The two members said that "a person like you (Maliwal), who has spent almost nine years at the head of this commission and is now a member of the highest legislature of the country, has made such malicious, misleading and fictitious claims."
Kejriwal has always promoted and supported the DCW, which has led to an increase in its operations, Khan and Negi claimed.
"Everyone knows that the Hon'ble Chief Minister has always promoted DCW from all platforms and has worked day and night to empower her as the leading voice of women and girls not only in Delhi but across the country," the letters said.
They said it is "extremely painful" that he is now blaming the elected government despite its "unprecedented" efforts to strengthen the DCW.
In their letters to Maliwal, DCW members Firdos Khan and Kiran Negi also urged the MP not to use for her "personal political gains" the struggle of more than 700 women employed by the commission and under grant programs they have not received. their salaries since November. last year.
Maliwal wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, accusing her government of "systematically dismantling" the commission after she resigned as its head.
There was no immediate reaction from Maliwal to Khan and Negi's letters, the subject of which read: "Request to stop using the struggle of over 700 women for personal political gains."
Maliwal had resigned as DCW president following her nomination to the Rajya Sabha by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
"More than 700 women who have worked on the commission and in various grant programs across the city have been left without pay since November 2023, but you have made these women's fight solely about yourself and made statements that the attack on DCW began after his resignation," the letters said.
Negi and Khan in their letters, the content of which were the same, emphasized that Kejriwal and his government supported the DCW against the attack on the commission.
"Madam, the attack on the commission by the vested interests of the establishment has been ongoing since 2016 and the honorable prime minister and the elected government have always supported the commission as a strong shield," they said.
"I humbly request you to kindly desist from attacking the elected government and instead expose the honorable LG (Lieutenant Governor of Delhi) and the real perpetrators of this attack on the commission, as you have done all these years and even two months ago," they said in their letters.
The two members said that "a person like you (Maliwal), who has spent almost nine years at the head of this commission and is now a member of the highest legislature of the country, has made such malicious, misleading and fictitious claims."
Kejriwal has always promoted and supported the DCW, which has led to an increase in its operations, Khan and Negi claimed.
"Everyone knows that the Hon'ble Chief Minister has always promoted DCW from all platforms and has worked day and night to empower her as the leading voice of women and girls not only in Delhi but across the country," the letters said.
They said it is "extremely painful" that he is now blaming the elected government despite its "unprecedented" efforts to strengthen the DCW.
