Kejriwal urges Centre to withdraw bill amending powers of Delhi L-G

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the Centre to take back the bill that seeks to define certain roles and powers of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and said the AAP dispensation is ready to even fall at the Modi government’s feet for its withdrawal.

He asked where the chief minister will go if the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021. brought by the Centre becomes a law. “Do elections, votes and our 62 out of 70 seats don’t mean anything?” Kejriwal further asked.

Speaking at a protest organised by his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) against the GNCTD (Amendment) Bill, Kejriwal said, “I want to appeal to the Centre to take back the GNCTD Bill, don’t cheat the people with this legislation.”

He alleged that the Centre wants to weaken his government through this bill. The BJP has brought this bill as it is scared of the AAP’s reach in other states, Kejriwal claimed. “That is why they are trying to stop our development work in Delhi,” he charged.