Fighting is no solution: Sheila Dikshit to Arvind Kejriwal

"Constitution has defined the power Delhi has, its not unlimited. Centre, Lt Governor and Home Ministry handle a lot of things," the three time former Chief Minister told the media here.

Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit/ Image Courtesy: PTI

New Delhi: Soon after the Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on the issue of the transfer and posting of Delhi government officers, Congress city unit chief Sheila Dikshit on Thursday advised Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that fighting is no solution. "Constitution has defined the power Delhi has, its not unlimited. Centre, Lt Governor and Home Ministry handle a lot of things," the three time former Chief Minister told the media here. "So fighting is no solution, make changes if needed," she said. Her remarks came after Kejriwal accused the Centre and the Supreme Court of not allowing them to work in the national capital. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the national capital had, on a number of occasions, accused the Centre of not allowing them to function. Hitting out at Kejriwal, Dikshit said "power does not depend on the number of seats you have". The AAP had won 67 out of the 70 seats in the national capital in the 2015 Assembly polls. The Congress had scored a duck in the polls while the Bharatiya Janata Party won three seats. In a setback to the AAP government in Delhi, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday gave a split verdict on the contentious issue of who should control administrative services but appeared to agree that the Centre has the final word. In view of the differences, Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan referred the matter to a larger bench of the apex court. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party has been accusing the Centre of appointing such officers who create hurdles in the works of the AAP government, termed the verdict as "unfortunate" and said it was ironic that a chief minister can't have power to appoint even a peon in his office.