Hitting out at the Central government over its ordinance on the control of services in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sounded a warning for the Delhi residents, saying there will be “dictatorship” in the capital. Arvind Kejriwal said while people can vote for whichever party they support, “the Centre will run Delhi”. He also alleged that Delhi was “first to be attacked”, and “similar ordinances will be brought in other states” as well.
Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party’s “Maha Rally” at the Ramlila Maidan, the party’s national convener said the Centre’s ordinance was an insult to the people of the city. The ordinance says that there will be no democracy in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal alleged.
“There will be dictatorship in Delhi and the LG [lieutenant governor] is supreme. People can vote for whoever they want, but the Centre will run Delhi,” Kejriwal said, adding, “I have been travelling across the country and I want to assure the people of Delhi that they are not alone. The 140 crore people of India are with them.”
Arvind Kejriwal alleged such ordinances will also be brought for Rajasthan.
On the arrests of AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, he said they were arrested in order to stop works in the national capital. “But we have have 100 Sisodias and 100 Jains. They will continue the good work,” the chief minister said.
In February, former deputy chief minister Sisodia was apprehended on charges of corruption related to the formulation and execution of the liquor policy for 2021-22, which has since been discarded. Similarly, Jain was taken into custody in May of the previous year in connection with a money laundering investigation.
Arvind Kejriwal said, “I want to ask that PM Modi has been in power as Gujarat chief minister and then as prime minister for long, and Kejriwal has been in power for eight years, who has done more work for people.”
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Updated: 11 Jun 2023, 08:12 PM IST