TIL Desk/National/New Delhi-The Arvind Kejriwal government has moved the Supreme Court today over who should call the shots in Delhi. The court will hear the case on Monday. The Delhi government’s lawyer Indira Jaising told the court that there has been a “virtual paralysis” in the capital because of the fight over jurisdiction and the court should decide whether Delhi is a state.
Delhi only has partial statehood, which means that important subjects like policing and land are still controlled by the central government. The Aam Aadmi Party has had incessant battles with with the Centre and its representative Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on key appointments.
AAP says Jung cannot ignore an elected government and also alleges that with just three MLAs in Delhi – the other 67 belong to AAP – the BJP at the Centre wants to control the capital. Last year, the AAP government challenged in the high court a notification in which the Centre declared that Mr Kejriwal has limited powers in Delhi and has no role in the appointment of bureaucrats. The high court called the notification “suspect”, after which the Centre went to the Supreme Court.
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