Delhi has some of the most efficient bureaucrats: Dikshit

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 17

A day after Arvind Kejriwal claimed that 90 per cent of the IAS officers do not work, former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in a tweet message said Delhi has "some of the most efficient" bureaucrats.

The three-time chief minister said Delhi's officers helped her in achieving her goal of transforming the city.

"Kejriwalji, Delhi has some of the most efficient bureaucrats. They helped me tirelessly in achieving my goal of transforming Delhi," Dikshit tweeted.

“All that became possible only because of the love of people like you and the efficiency of my officers. With the same bureaucracy changed the face of Delhi. A poor craftsman blames his tools,” she tweeted.

Dikshit was the chief minister of Delhi for 15 years from 1998 to 2013, heading the Congress government in the national Capital.

At an event yesterday, Kejriwal had alleged that 90 per cent of the IAS officers "do not work" and said at times he feels development was "stuck up at the Secretariat".

Kejriwal had also alleged that the IAS officers "obstructed files" of development works.

The AAP government and the bureaucracy, which comes under the Lt Governor, have been at loggerheads on several issues.