Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Image: PTI)
The Telangana chief minister made the demand during a joint press conference with his Delhi and Punjab counterparts – AAP convenors Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw the ordinance issued by the Center on control of services in Delhi, as his Delhi and Punjab counterparts Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann met him in Hyderabad on the issue. met up with. , Rao made the demand during a joint press conference with Kejriwal and Mann.
Both the AAP leaders met KCR here and sought his support in Kejriwal’s fight against the Centre’s ordinance. We demand the Prime Minister to withdraw the ordinance himself, otherwise we all will support Kejriwal ji. We will stand by him. We will use all our strength in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to defeat the ordinance. Don’t make unnecessary issue. Let the government work,” Rao told the NDA government at the Centre.
The Modi government has insulted the people of Delhi by bringing the ordinance. Addressing Rao, KCR said, “I can say without any doubt that this is an insult to the people of the state of Delhi.”
The Center recently promulgated an ordinance to create an authority for transfer and posting of Group A officers in Delhi, with the AAP government calling the move a travesty of the Supreme Court’s judgment on deregulation of services. The ordinance, which came a week after the Supreme Court handed over control of services in Delhi except police, public order and land to the elected government, seeks to set up a National Capital Civil Services Authority for transfer and disciplinary proceedings against Group A candidates. Officers of Danix Cadre.
KCR accused the Modi-led central government of “harassing the democratically elected state governments”. He alleged that there is no difference between when Emergency was imposed and the situation now.
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