Time has come to replace bureaucrats wid professionals and sector experts. Infuse fresh energy n ideas in governance — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

People will be v happy if these officers go on long leave. Govt ready to give paid leave. Governance will become honest, smooth n efficient — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

नरेंद्र मोदी जी इन officers और LG के कंधे पर रख कर बंदूक़ चला रहे हैं। — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

LG personally attended DANICS assn meeting yesterday thro speaker ph. LG in turn was in touch wid Nripendra Misra in PMO. — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

DANICS and IAS associations in Delhi have become full fledged B teams of BJP — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 31, 2015

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called officers of the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) “full-fledged B teams of BJP” on Thursday after they decided to go on mass leave to protest the “illegal” suspension of two colleagues by the AAP government. Union ministry of home affairs has declared suspension of two DANICS-cadre officers by AAP govt null and void on Thursday. The two senior civil service officers of the Home Department were suspended on Wednesday by the AAP government for refusing to sign on a Cabinet decision file, following which around 200 DANICS-cadre officers went on mass leave on Thursday in solidarity. “People will be v happy if these officers go on long leave. Govt ready to give paid leave. Governance will become honest, smooth n efficient (sic),” Kejriwal tweeted. “Narendra Modi is using the shoulders of these officers and LG to shoot,” he added.Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government has alleged 'conspiracy' as some 200 officials in Delhi went on mass leave on Thursday to protest against the suspension of two colleagues. "Why do this a day before the odd-even plan? It is a conspiracy," alleged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. AAP has also accused the BJP-led central government of instigating the officers. Meanwhile, Delhi home minister Satyender Jain alleged that the mass leave planned by officers was a conspiracy. He said that if officers had grievances they should have gone to the CM and not the LG. He also said that LG has power to stay orders, but a blanket diktat saying no Delhi government order is to be seen through, won't be followed. Yashpal Garg, special secretary (Prosecution), and Subhash Chandra, special secretary (Prisons), have been suspended, a Delhi government spokesperson said on Wednesday. The action, threatening to blow into another AAP-Centre confrontation, was taken after Garg and Chandra refused to sign a file pertaining to the Cabinet decision to increase salary of public prosecutors, the spokesperson said. Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) are selected through civil service exams conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Officers of the service are recruited directly through the Civil Services Examination and are responsible for the diverse administrative functions of the National Capital, Delhi and the Union Territories. Supporting the DANICS Officers Association's move to go on mass leave, IAS Officers have also threatened to go on a half-day leave on Thursday. There are around 70 IAS officers working in different departments of the national capital. "IAS officers will also go on a half-day leave tomorrow supporting the DANICS officers Association. There was a joint meeting of IAS and DANICS officers today wherein a resolution was passed against the suspension of two DANICS officers working the Home Department," said an IAS officer who works with the Delhi government. The Kejriwal government's decision may lead to fresh tussle with the Centre as only the Delhi Lt Governor can suspend DANICS-cadre officers with permission from the Union Home Ministry. With DANICS-cadre officers in Delhi on mass leave, preparations for the odd-even scheme, which will come into force on January 1, may be affected as most of these officers are looking after the projects pertaining to the road-rationing plan. The DANICS Officers' Association comprise around 200 members who hold crucial posts including that of SDM, secretary to minister and special secretary. "Delhi Government does not have power to suspend any DANICS officer and it can only recommend suspension of DANICS officer and on this, LG can suspend him or her with permission from MHA." "To express solidarity with the two suspended officers, around 200 DANICS officers, who are working in government's different departments, will go on leave for one day," a representative of the association said. It has apprised Union Home Minister of the development. It also demanded that the Delhi government revoke the suspension. Reacting to DANICS officers' Association's move, the government spokesperson said, "We have not got any official communication from the association. If they want to go on leave, they can do so." Recently, the Arvind Kejriwal had suspended three transport department officials, including a DANICS-cadre officer, for alleged "wrongdoings" in issuing letter of intents to auto drivers at Burari Transport Authority. Earlier this month, Kejriwal had also suspended two sub-divisional magistrates for failing to provide instant relief to victims whose jhuggis were demolished by Railways in West Delhi's Shakur Basti area. However, these two SDMs are still holding their posts and doing their work.