Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren to seek support against the Centre's Ordinance on control over administrative services in Delhi. Notably, Kejriwal had on May 23 embarked on a nationwide tour to seek support from the Opposition parties against the Ordinance. Kejriwal along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday met with Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin and got his support in their fight against Centre's ordinance.
In a joint press conference, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said that DMK would strongly oppose the bill replacing the Delhi services ordinance and appealed to other leaders of the Opposition to support Aravind Kejriwal in his fight against the Ordinance. "Arvind Kejriwal is a good friend...Modi-led BJP government is pressuring Delhi Union territory and AAP government there, by using Lt Governor. BJP government will bring a bill(To replace the ordinance) on Delhi and DMK will strongly oppose it," Tamil Nadu CM Stalin said, as quoted by ANI. "We had a discussion on other leaders' views and I appeal to all leaders to support Arvind Kejriwal," he added.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor has so far met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav. The Union government on May 19 brought an ordinance to notify rules for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) regarding the 'transfer posting, vigilance and other incidental matters'.
The ordinance was brought to amend the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and it circumvents the Supreme Court judgement in the Centre vs Delhi case.