Nitish Kumar extends support to Arvind Kejriwal against Centre’s ordinance

The Chief Minister of Bihar, who is actively working towards uniting opposition parties against the BJP-led central government, expressed his determination to continue holding meetings in the future. He emphasized their efforts to bring together all opposition parties across the country.

Speaking to the media about the central government’s decision to issue an ordinance overturning a Supreme Court ruling in favor of Delhi, Chief Minister Nitish Kejriwal stated his solidarity with the residents of the national capital.While the Delhi CM said, “Today, in a meeting with Nitish Ji, he said that he stands with the people of Delhi, on the issue of the Centre bringing an ordinance negating SC order in favour of Delhi.”

“In case, the Centre brings this ordinance as a bill, if all non-BJP parties come together it can be defeated in Rajya Sabha. If such a thing happens, it can send a message that the BJP government will be out in 2024,” Kejriwal added.
Taking a swipe at the BJP government, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said, “BJP is troubling the non-BJP governments. The central government is doing an injustice to Arvind Kejriwal. We stand with them. Discrimination is not fair. We will not let this happen,” he said.

On Friday, the Union government brought an ordinance to notify rules for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) regarding the ‘transfer posting, vigilance and other incidental matters’.The ordinance has been brought to amend the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and it circumvents the SC judgement in the Centre vs Delhi case.Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar has been meeting Opposition leaders to strengthen the bloc against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.