The Delhi Amendment Bill Will Increase Rift Between Elected Government and Centre
The amendment places more powers in the hands of the L-G, despite Supreme Court ruling of 2018 saying that the chief minister will have greater say in all matters barring land, police and law and order.
AAP MPs in the Rajya Sabha Sanjay Singh, Narain Dass Gupta and Sushil Kumar Gupta protesting in parliament premises. Photo: Twitter/Sanjay Singh
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New Delhi: The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was introduced by the Centre in parliament on Monday, ostensibly with the objective of giving a proper âinterpretationâ to the Supreme Court ruling of 2018, has been criticised by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi as an attempt to curtail the powers of the elected government. Meanwhile, experts have cautioned that it could face constitutional and legal hurdles as it also does away with various powers of the Delhi assembly committee
congress and aam aadmi party.
New Delhi: March 16: The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have opposed the proposed amendments to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill-2021, moved in the Lok Sabha.
Congress has termed the bill as retrograde, anti-democratic and an insult to the people of Delhi
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said: “The demand is for enlarged legislative powers to Delhi and the will of the people. On the contrary, the proposed amendments will make the Delhi government less than a municipality and rob the people of any kind of representative government.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced that it will protest against the Centre s move to amend the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill-2021, at the Jantar Mantar on Wednesday."AAP will hold a massive .
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Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 10:53 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 16: The Centre has introduced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, reviving the power tussle between the AAP dispensation and the Lieutenant Governor (L-G).
Referring to the bill, CM Kejriwal said that the BJP was trying to introduce the Bill because it was rejected by the people in elections. After being rejected by ppl of Del (8 seats in Assembly, 0 in MCD bypolls), BJP seeks to drastically curtail powers of elected govt thro a Bill in LS today. Bill is contrary to Constitution Bench judgement. We strongly condemn BJP s unconstitutional n anti-democracy move (sic), Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet.