Announcing the move, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that while Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Ministers, including Mr. Kejriwal, were already taking time out to meet the public, there had been complaints of officials being inaccessible. Mr. Sisodia said that while Ministers already met the public, the new initiative would make it mandatory. After coming to power in 2015, the government had said that officials would meet the public from noon to 1 p.m., but the initiative failed to take off. Mr. Mishra had accused Mr. Kejriwal of going to his office only twice in the past one year. Officials in the government, however, said that not only was the allegation false, but that Mr. Kejriwal has been meeting the public almost every day.

Source: The Hindu May 24, 2017 19:59 UTC