New Delhi, April 24 -- Delhi Urban Development Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday wrote a letter to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, alleging that a file related to appointment of presiding officer for mayoral polls of the MCD was sent to the LG office directly by the chief secretary bypassing him. Bharadwaj requested the LG for returning the file to the chief secretary with an instruction that it should be sent to the LG office through the Urban Development minister.

No immediate reaction was available from the LG office and Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on the minister's claims. Bharadwaj said that the matter was a transferred subject and as per the Constitution of India, it came under the control of elected government of Delhi....