Communist Party of India on Wednesday extended its support to Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on the issue of services ordinance brought by the Centre. CPI leader D Raja announced support after meeting Kejriwal on Wednesday. “Our party (CPI) supports the Delhi government on this issue. We will oppose the ordinance (on control of services in Delhi) inside and outside the Parliament,” Raja said in a joint press conference with Kejriwal.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday met General Secretary of Communist Party of India D Raja, to seek CPI's support on the Centre's ordinance against Delhi government. From May 23, Kejriwal embarked on a nationwide tour to seek support from the Opposition parties against the Ordinance.
The AAP national convenor has so far met with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.