TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he has decided to go on an indefinite hunger strike demanding full statehood for Delhi after all other efforts failed. Kejriwal said his decision to go on fast from March 1 had been taken “as a last and final resort” when all possible efforts to persuade the Centre to allow the elected Delhi government to function without unjustified interference and obstacles failed.
He said in a statement that in the last four years, the Modi government deliberately passed orders to snatch the powers of the elected Delhi government and “this treachery will now be placed before the court of the people, which is supreme in a democracy”.
“The Modi government has illegally interfered in every decision of the elected Delhi government since 2015.” He said Modi lied to the people on granting statehood for Delhi, and “Delhiites are now no longer willing to suffer any more injustice on this issue”. The Chief Minister said the lame excuse that since Delhi was the capital of India therefore it cannot be granted statehood does not work.
