New Delhi: Stopping wanting staging a walkout on the opposition assembly in Patna on Friday, the Aam Aadmi Party skipped the press briefing and got here out with a press release condemning the Congress’ ‘silence’ over the Delhi central ordinance. Party founder Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chaddha, who represented AAP on the assembly, had been conspicuous by their absence on the press convention. However, on its official Twitter deal with, the occasion got here out with a press release asserting the centrality of the ‘black ordinance’, which ”not solely goals to grab democratic rights of an elected authorities in Delhi however poses a major menace to India’s democracy and constitutional rules”.
The assertion famous that among the many events that attended the assembly in Patna, “12 have representation in the Rajya Sabha” and “except for the Indian National Congress” all others have “clearly expressed their stand against the ordinance and announced that they would oppose it in the Rajya Sabha”.
“The Congress, a national party that takes a stand on almost all issues, is yet to make public its position on the Black Ordinance”, the assertion learn, including that Delhi and Punjab models had been of the view “the party should support the Modi government on the issue”.
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At the assembly, many events urged the Congress to publicly denounce the ordinance however the Congress refused to take action, claimed AAP, including that the grand outdated occasion’s “silence raises suspicions about its real intentions”. At the press convention, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who had convened the assembly, sought to downplay the AAP’s absence.
“Those who had to catch an early flight could not stay back for the press conference. Don’t fixate on that. Pay attention to how many parties have joined us in our endeavour”, stated the JD(U) supreme chief. There was no instant response to the AAP’s allegations from the Congress, which was represented on the assembly by Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge.
