Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is seeking the support of opposition parties against the ordinance brought by the Center regarding the Delhi government. Talks have also been held with the Congress party in this regard, but the Congress remembered the day when the Kejriwal government in the Delhi Assembly passed a resolution to withdraw the ‘Bharat Ratna’ from former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Now the Congress party is hesitating to support Kejriwal on the ordinance issue. On the other hand, Dr. BR Ambedkar, the architect of the constitution, had made such a provision in the constitution itself that any law in the capital of India would be made by the Parliament of India. Former Legislative Assembly Secretary and constitutional expert SK Sharma, who has worked with four Chief Ministers in Delhi, says that now the controversy over power is a direct question on Dr. Ambedkar’s scholarship.
According to SK Sharma, the elected government in Delhi ‘wants to rule on the lines of Punjab, Haryana or Uttar Pradesh. This is the crux of the real controversy. He would not comment on the Supreme Court’s decision. In one of its decisions in the past, the Supreme Court had given the right of transfer posting to the Delhi government. After this, when Kejriwal started making rapid transfers, the central government brought an ordinance on transfers and appointments in Delhi. Due to this, the transfer posting which came in the hands of Kejriwal government again went to LG. Now Kejriwal is seeking the support of opposition parties against the Center on this issue. On Tuesday, he spoke to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann was also with him.