new delhi training guns on bjp functionaries sambit patra and iqbal singh lalpura aam aadmi party on sunday said that the former as itdc chairman and the latter as national minorities commission chairperson have been violating rule 5 of central civil services conduct rules 1965 and taking part in elections and politicsdemanding their removal aap has written to the union tourism minister g kishan reddy and union home minister amit shah respectively while marking a copy of the letters to cvc chairman suresh n patelthe development comes days after the planning department of delhi government served a showcause notice on ddc vicechairman jasmine shah on a complaint of west delhi mp parvesh verma citing the same rulein a letter to reddy senior aap functionary and kalkaji mla atishi alleged that patra was demeaning a public office and misusing it for party work she added that after his appointment as the chairman of india tourism development corporation patra did not demit his previous post of bjp national spokesperson and continued to take part in partys press conferences election campaigns and representing it in tv debateswhen contacted patra said since the aap had lodged the complaint with the cvc he did not wish to react on the issue sources however said his position was a nonexecutive one and there couldnt be any restriction on his political activity addressing a press conference atishi said patra was appointed as itdc chairman on november 30 2021 which came under the control of central governments ministry of tourism adding that he was a public servant which was clearly defined in the indian penal code prevention of corruption act and central civil services conduct rulesin complete violation of law sambit patra continues to campaign for bjp this is a blatant violation of central civil services conduct rules sambit patra has uploaded several political videos on social media which were shot in his public office this is a textbook example of misuse of public office atishi said at a press conferencethrough my letters i have informed reddy and the cvc that by taking part in tv debates press conferences and election campaigns sambit patra has blatantly violated the rule 5 of ccs conduct rules 1964 and demanded his removal with immediate effect the kalkaji mla saidatishi also alleged that patra had misused his position as itdc chairmanit has also been brought to our notice that patra has been allegedly misusing his position to grant favours to his political colleagues in the bjp and family members in itdc owned fivestar hotel properties these favours are allegedly not limited to solely granting complimentary boarding but allegedly extend to awarding work contracts too she further allegedin a separate letter to union home minister amit shah aap chief spokesperson saurabh bhardwaj alleged that despite being the chairperson of national minorities commission a constitutional body lalpura was still a member of the bjp parliamentary board which was in gross violation of the central civil services conduct rules he is also a member of