In the morning, a letter, signed by Mr Kejriwal, Mr Sisodia, Mr Rai and Mr Jain, was sent to Mr Baijal, asking him to take all necessary steps to end the "strike” by the IAS officers, including issuing written orders, that all those officers who do not return to work will be proceeded against and "if necessary, ESMA may be invoked”.30 pm on Monday and have since stayed on. Struggle continues,” Mr Kejriwal tweeted at 6.According to the AAP government, officers have not been attending meetings with the ministers and not picking up their calls due to which the people’s work was suffering. Left wid no option, we have politely told LG that we will not leave till he acts on all points. However, the AAP maintained that their fight would continue and they would not get "bogged down” till their demands were met.Mr Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, development minister Gopal Rai and Mr Jain met Mr Baijal at 5. We hv come out of his chamber n sitting in his waiting room (sic),” Mr Kejriwal tweeted last evening after he along with his three ministers started their sit-in. The party also plans to take the protest a step further as it has decided that all its MLAs will march to the L-G’s office on Wednesday from the CM’s residence..A statement, issued by Mr Baijal’s office on Monday evening, stated that the LG was "threatened” to summon officers and issue directions to them to end their "strike” immediately. We hope today you’ll get time from your busy schedule to resolve these three issues. The chief minister said, "We are not sitting here for ourselves, but we are sitting here for you (Delhiites) and for schools, water, mohalla clinics so that the people of Delhi could get facilities.

Wonder what are PMO’s instructions to him,” he said.,” Mr Sisodia tweeted.It was the first time in the history of Delhi that the chief minister and his Cabinet colleagues spent the night at the L-G’s office to press for their demands, officials said.. LG refuses to take action.A number of AAP MLAs, party leaders and workers have also camped near the L-G’s office and the police has barricaded the area. Mr Jain began his fast at the L-G’s office at 11 am. "My dear Delhiites, good morning.In a tweet, Mr Kejriwal also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Officers have gone on a "partial strike” since the alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash on the intervening night of February 19-20, it said.The AAP government and the bureaucracy have been at loggerheads since the alleged assault on Mr Prakash by AAP MLAs at Mr Kejriwal’s residence on the intervening night of February 19-20.On Monday night, the chief minister, who is a diabetic, had to take insulin during the sit-in and got "specific food” from his home, sources said..After spending the entire night in the anteroom of the L-G’s office, Mr Kejriwal also released a video on Tuesday and said that the AAP ministers had "no option” but to stage a sit-in as the L-G was not paying heed to the government’s demands "despite several requests”."Handed him this letter.In the video message, Mr Kejriwal said that he and his ministers have been requesting the L-G since February 23 to issue directions to the IAS officers to end their "strike”, but the L-G was not paying heed to their demands.Mr Kejriwal on Tuesday morning tweeted, "Satyender Jain starts indefinite fast”.The unprecedented move came under severe criticism from the Opposition BJP and the Congress. "I am really appalled at L-G’s stubborn refusal to end IAS strike and his justifications for ongoing strike. The L-G, however, did not turn up in his office on Tuesday

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