Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has rejected the state government’s scheme to enable doorstep delivery of public services.

V sad that Hon’ble LG has rejected doorstep delivery of ration scheme. I had repeatedly requested him to give me an audience before taking a decision but he did not. Feeling really really sad that such imp proposals are becoming victims of petty politics. — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 21, 2018

In November 2017, the Delhi government had announced that 40 public services, such as driving licences, caste certificates and water connections, would soon be home-delivered, and that officials would go to people’s homes to complete paperwork and collect payment. Baijal had asked the Delhi government to reconsider the scheme after raising certain concerns such as women’s safety, corruption, bad behaviour and breach of privacy.

However, the lieutenant governor had approved a fresh proposal from the Kejriwal government in January.

On Wednesday, the Delhi chief minister claimed Baijal had ignored his requests for a meeting before making the decision to reject the new scheme. “I am feeling really sad that such important proposals are becoming victims of petty politics,” he said.

Kejriwal added that the lieutenant governor had also rejected the Delhi government’s scheme to suspend the operations of point of sale machines. He said these machines make it compulsory for the beneficiary to provide their Aadhaar number before obtaining rations.

“The point of sale machines are causing a huge problem for the poor,” Kejriwal asserted. “[Now] the poor will continue to suffer.”