Lagatar24 Desk
Kolkata, May 23: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon as part of a national tour to drum up support for his fight against the Center’s ordinance on control of services in Delhi.
Kejriwal is challenging the central ordinance creating the National Capital Civil Service Authority, which essentially overturns a Supreme Court ruling from last week providing control of services to the elected government in Delhi aside from those pertaining to police, public order, and land.
Arvind Kejriwal is being accompanied by Punjab’s chief minister and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann. They should be in Mumbai by the evening and will probably see Sharad Pawar, the leader of the NCP, and Uddhav Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT), on Wednesday.
Raghav Chadha and Atishi, two other AAP leaders, also travelled to Kolkata to meet with the Bengal CM.
“Today, I am starting my journey around the country for the rights of the people of Delhi. The Supreme Court passed a judgement giving justice to the people of Delhi. The Centre snatched away those rights by bringing the ordinance,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.
आज से देश भर में निकल रहा हूँ। दिल्ली के लोगों के हक़ के लिए। SC ने बरसों बाद आदेश पारित करके दिल्ली के लोगों के साथ न्याय किया, उन्हें उनके हक़ दिये। केंद्र सरकार ने अध्यादेश लाकर वो सारे हक़ वापिस छीन लिये
जब ये क़ानून राज्य सभा में आएगा तो इसे किसी हालत में पास नहीं होने…
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 23, 2023
“When this comes to the Rajya Sabha, it has to be ensured that it is not passed. I will meet the leaders of all political parties and ask for support,” he added.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also said that it will host a “maha rally” against the “black ordinance” on June 11 at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
