Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet his Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin on Thursday, in an effort to seek support against the Centre's Ordinance on control over administrative services in the national capital.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin said on Wednesday that he has sought postponement of the meeting of leading Opposition parties in Patna on June 12, as he will be attending an inaugural ceremony on the same date.
Taking to his personal Twitter account, Kejriwal wrote, "Have approved and sent the file to Hon'ble LG for supporting the family of the victim with an amount of Rs 10 lakhs. We stand with her family. Will support them in every possible way".
Taking to Twitter, the Delhi CM stated, "Will be meeting Tamil Nadu CM Thiru @mkstalin in Chennai tomorrow (1st June) to seek DMK's support against Centre's unconstitutional-undemocratic 'Anti-Delhi' Ordinance".
The development came after the Supreme Court on May 19 ordered directing Lt Governor of Delhi to act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers and to appoint a DERC chairperson within two weeks.
After the meeting, CPI(M) General Secretary said, "We have condemned the ordinance brought by the Centre. It is unconstitutional. It is also contempt of Court. We appeal to the biggest opposition party Congress to come forward to save our constitution."
"It is a very painful incident. Delhi government will give compensation amount of Rs 10 lakhs to the girl's family and we assure them that our government will ensure that the accused gets the strictest punishment," said CM Kejriwal.
While speaking to ANI, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Suman Nalwa said, "We have arrested the accused, Sahil from Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Yesterday we received information late at night that a girl has been murdered. Immediately our staff reached the spot of the incident and multiple tea