Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung ordered 400 AAP government files to be examined over 'irregularities'.
Arvind Kejriwal today alleged "witch-hunting" as Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung ordered a review of 400 files of decisions by his government, saying they contain "infirmities and irregularities".
Former auditor VK Shunglu, former vigilance chief Pradeep Kumar and former election commission N Gopalasami have been asked to examine the files and report in six months.
"The committee will look into omissions or commissions, as also fix responsibility of individuals, including civil and criminal liability, if any," said a statement from Mr Jung's office.
"This is witch hunting. Like they arrested (AAP) MLAs on false cases, they will victimize officers now," tweeted Mr Kejriwal.
"Let an independent three-member committee scrutinize all files cleared by (Prime Minister) Modiji also and let's compare the results," added the chief minister.
This is the latest spin-off of the Delhi High Court ruling earlier this month which said that the Lieutenant Governor is the administrative head of Delhi and the state government needs to consult him for its decisions.
After the ruling, Mr Jung asked officers to submit examples of the Kejriwal government failing to request his sign off on decisions even though it was required to.
"On preliminary scrutiny of these files, it is found that over the last one and half years several decisions taken are in violation of Acts/Rules with attendant legal and financial implications," Mr Jung's office said.
Mr Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party allege that the ruling BJP, which lost the Delhi election, has repeatedly overruled and harassed an elected government.
Earlier today, Mr Kejriwal posted a series of tweets accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "hell-bent on destroying Delhi". The Chief Minister is seething over the recent transfer of officers by the Lieutenant Governor.
Since AAP came to power last year, there has been a constant tussle between the central and state governments over who controls Delhi. Bolstered by the court order, the Lieutenant Governor last week instructed that all transfers or postings of officers should be placed before him.