Lashing out on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central authorities for “handing power to the Lieutenant Governor”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday mentioned that the Centre “punished” the Aam Aadmi Party-led authorities for supporting farmers’ stir in opposition to the three new agricultural legal guidelines
Addressing a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Haryana’s Jind district at present, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal mentioned, “They’ve introduced a bill in Parliament to punish Kejriwal. We faced repercussion for supporting farmer’s protest. They are punishing us by passing the bill & handing power into LG’s hands instead of elected govt. Did we fight freedom struggle for this?”
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They’ve launched a invoice in Parliament to punish Kejriwal. We confronted repercussion for supporting farmer’s protest. They are punishing us by passing the invoice & handing energy into LG’s arms as an alternative of elected govt. Did we battle freedom wrestle for this?: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/aSV6laApTl
— ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2021
Kejriwal went on to say that BJP-led central govt conspired to place farmers coming to Delhi into 9 stadiums to be transformed into jails. Kejriwal mentioned that the Delhi authorities was lucky that point because the regulation acknowledged that Delhi Chief Minister holds the facility to transform the stadium into jai.
“Centre sent me a file and started pressurising me by saying there will be law and order issue. They even threatened me of taking away my power. I didn’t listen to them and rejected the file,” CM Kejriwal added.
Recollecting the sacrifices made by farmers, the CM claimed that 300 individuals have misplaced lives throughout the protest and their sacrifice mustn’t go in useless.
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President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent to a invoice that provides extra powers to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor – the centre’s consultant – in comparison with town’s elected authorities.
According to the laws, the “government” in Delhi means the “Lieutenant Governor” and town authorities will now have to hunt the opinion of the L-G earlier than taking any govt motion.
