In the midst of efforts to bring opposition parties together in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, the faultlines within the anti-BJP grouping have become evident in the Congress dilemma over the Centre s ordinance that seeks to neutralise the Supreme Court s order which gave control of the services to the Delhi government.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has agreed to oppose the Centre’s ordinance on the control of services in the national capital in the Rajya Sabha.
The Centre also asked for its review plea to be heard in open court – review petitions are usually heard in chamber unless the court decides otherwise and that it be referred to a larger bench “for further consideration”.
The BJP countered that the ordinance was in “public interest”, and alleged that the AAP government was “intimidating” officers and “misusing” its powers under the cover of the Supreme Court's verdict last week.
“They steal the mandate, and whenever they are not able to, they make sure that they put all kinds of stumbling blocks in the proper functioning of an elected government”