Oppn meet: Kejriwal raises ordinance row, Cong says gathered for national issues

TIL Desk/National/Patna/ At the mega opposition unity meeting in Patna on Friday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the Congress is the not supporting the ordinance brought by the Centre for control of services, even as Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge made it clear that the meeting was called to discuss national issues with focus on next year’s general election.

Sources told that Kejriwal raised the issue of Congress not making its stand clear on the Centre’s ordinance over control of services and having a secret pact with BJP over issue and would stage a walkout during the voting in the Rajya Sabha. A source said that after listening to Kejriwal’s argument, Kharge said that when the ordinance issue will come up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha, it will be discussed by the opposition parties just like every Bill is discussed.

The source said that Kharge also told Kejriwal, “Today the issue is not about states, but about national politics and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. So we will focus on that.” Kharge said that when the time comes, Congress will clear its stand on the ordinance, the source said. Senior Congress leader K. C. Venugopal lost his cool and said that such allegations are not tolerable. “Congress cannot have any agreement with BJP at any cost,” Venugopal said.