Amid the row over the Centre's Ordinance with respect to the control of services in Delhi, Former Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken on Sunday left a piece of advice for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while recalling the tenure of the late Sheila Dikshit as CM.
This comes after the Bihar CM met his Delhi counterpart on Sunday amid the row over the Centre's ordinance regarding the 'control of services' in the national capital.
"Even after the people of Delhi chose him three times, Kejriwal is busy in serving his own interest instead of working for people's interest," BJP leader Syed Yaser Jilani said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray this week in Mumbai to seek support against the Centre's ordinance on the transfer of bureaucrats in the national capital.
Speaking on the issue Bihar CM said, "How can powers given to an elected government be taken away? It's against the Constitution. We stand with Arvind Kejriwal."
Amid the ongoing war of words over the Centre's decision on the ordinance on the transfer and posting of bureaucrats in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday took to Twitter and shared the 2013 tweet while asking, "Why ordinance Sir?."
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for opposing the ordinance brought by the central government on control of services in the national capital and said that Kejriwal should stop doing petty politics.
"They were purposefully waiting for the court's holiday to start for bringing the ordinance. If they just wanted to bring the ordinance they could have brought it before as well. But they wanted the court to close, as they know that the ordinance is undemocratic, illegal and against the C
Further recalling the basic constitutional workings, the Congress leader who is also an advocate called it an 'unconstitutional ordinance' and said that Constitutional principles can only be changed by Constitutional amendments, and not by ordinance.
A day after the Centre brought an ordinance to give control of "services" back to Delhi Lieutenant Governor, Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha on Saturday said the move is not just "contempt of court" but also "contempt of the electorate".
Centre yesterday brought an ordinance to create for the first time a National Capital Civil Service Authority (NCCSA) that will have the power to recommend the transfer and posting of all Group A officers and officers of DANICS serving in Delhi.