Hours after Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia condemned Lt Governor Anil Baijal for "rejecting" the proposal of doorstep delivery of government services, the latter declined it saying he only asked the government to "reconsider" it. A statement issued by Baijal's office said: "LG has only advised to reconsider the proposal in its present form and has suggested to consider alternative model to eliminate corruption and improve public service delivery.

It said that the model proposed by the government would introduce another layer of human interface with its attendant complications including "concerns associated with safety and security of women/senior citizens, possibility of corruption, delays, bad behavior, loss of documents, breach of privacy, etc". "Service delivery persons would have to undertake 'unnecessary' road trips on the already congested Delhi roads adding to the air pollution.