Service Ordinance Row: ‘Modi govt doesn’t believe in Supreme Court’ claims Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, asserted on Wednesday that the ordinance passed to regulate services in Delhi shows that the Narendra Modi administration does not respect the Supreme Court.

Uddhav Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT), and Kejriwal met at Thackeray’s home in Mumbai. Kejriwal said that state governments were overthrown by the ED and CBI.

Thackeray attacked the BJP, saying that they have united to fight back against anti-democracy elements.

To get support for the AAP’s fight against the Center’s ordinance on control of services in Delhi, Kejriwal met with Thackeray.

Bhagwant Mann, the chief minister of Punjab, Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, and Atishi, a minister from Delhi, were all in his company.

Speaking at a joint press conference, Kejriwal accused the federal government of using its agencies to overthrow state governments and brought up the fall of the Thackeray administration in Maharashtra last year as evidence.

“The ordinance on control of services in Delhi means the Modi government doesn’t believe in the Supreme Court,” he said..

Thackeray said, “We have come together to defeat those against democracy,” Kejriwal said. Thackeray has agreed to vote against the bill (on control of services in Delhi) when it comes before the Rajya Sabha.

On Tuesday, as part of their statewide journey to rally support for the AAP’s opposition to the Center’s ordinance, Kejriwal and Mann met with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.

The AAP government criticised the move as a ruse in light of the Supreme Court’s decision regarding control of services. On Friday, the Centre published an ordinance to establish an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A employees in Delhi.

The ordinance, which was passed a week after the Supreme Court gave the elected government of Delhi control over all services except for police, public order, and land, aims to create a National Capital Civil Service Authority for the transfer of and handling of disciplinary actions against Group-A officers from the DANICS cadre.

Before the 11 May verdict of the Supreme Court, the lieutenant governor exercised executive authority over all officer transfers and postings within the Delhi government.