Delhi PWD Minister likely to be sacked

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday and is believed to have told her to remove PWD Minister Rajkumar Chauhan.

The Lokayukta has recommended Chauhan's removal for interfering in a tax raid at a South Delhi resort in 2010.

Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin's order came in a case pertaining to the minister's alleged involvement in influencing a team of tax officials to provide relief to the resort in a tax evasion case.

"In his order, the Lokayukta has recommended to President of India to withdraw her pleasure in allowing the minister to continue as a minister in Delhi Government," a top official in Lokayukta said.

(With inputs from PTI)