AAP-LG Rift: Four CMs urge PM Modi to resolve Delhi government's problems

"I along with the Hon’ble CMs of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala have requested Hon’ble PM today to resolve the problems of Delhi government immediately" tweeted Mamata Banerjee

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New Delhi: Four non-BJP Chief Ministers who attended the fourth general council meeting of Niti Aayog, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to immediately resolve the problems of the Delhi government. The four Chief Ministers - West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee, Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka's H.D. Kumaraswamy and Andhra Pradesh's N. Chandrababu Naidu - met Delhi's protesting CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday. They have extended their support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's sit-in protest at the Lt. Governor's office. "I along with the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala have requested the Prime Minister to resolve the problems of Delhi government immediately," Banerjee tweeted. She is in Delhi to attend the NITI Aayog meeting.

I along with the Hon’ble CMs of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala have requested Hon’ble PM today to resolve the problems of Delhi government immediately.

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) June 17, 2018

The meeting, chaired by Modi, was not attended by Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal among others. The four CMs went to Kejriwal's home after they were "denied" permission by Baijal to meet Kejriwal at the Raj Niwas. As they arrived, AAP workers raised slogans against Baijal. Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said "We came here to show our support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. We demand that the Prime Minister interferes and takes necessary steps to solve the problem.” "I wanted to meet the Delhi chief minister but I was told, verbally, that permission will not be granted. Then four of us wrote to the LG for an appointment, but we were told that he is not there. We were not allowed," Banerjee said.