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Last Update: May 29, 2023, 3:15 PM IST
The Center had on May 19 promulgated an ordinance to create an authority for transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi, which the AAP government has said was against the Supreme Court verdict on deregulation of the services. (File photo: PTI)
Kejriwal has been reaching out to opposition leaders to garner support against them so that the Centre’s attempt to replace the ordinance with law is defeated if the relevant bill is brought in Parliament.
AAP’s national convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday to seek support against the Centre’s ordinance on control of administrative services in Delhi.
Kejriwal is reaching out to opposition leaders to garner their support so that the Centre’s attempt to replace the ordinance with a law fails when the relevant bill is brought in Parliament.
“Will meet Sitaram Yechury ji tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12.30 pm at CPM HQ and seek his support against the ordinance,” Kejriwal said in a tweet on Monday.
The Center had on May 19 promulgated an ordinance to create an authority for transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi, which the AAP government has said was against the Supreme Court verdict on deregulation of the services.
The ordinance came a week after the Supreme Court handed over control of services in Delhi, except police, public order and land, to the elected government. It seeks to set up a National Capital Civil Services Authority for transfer and disciplinary proceedings against Group-A officers of DANICS cadre.
Within six months of the promulgation of the Ordinance, the Center will have to introduce a Bill in Parliament to replace the Ordinance.
Prior to the apex court’s May 11 verdict, transfers and postings of all officers of the Delhi government were under the executive control of the lieutenant governor. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have extended their support to AAP on the issue after meeting Kejriwal last week.
Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar as well as his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and RJD leader have also extended their support to Kejriwal in this matter.
AAP’s national convenor has sought time from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi to seek support against the ordinance.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI,