Kejriwal to seek KCR support against Ordinance

Hyderabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao here on Saturday to seek support against the Ordinance passed by the Centre designating Delhi Lt Governor as the administrator who will have the final say on the postings and transfer of all bureaucrats serving the Delhi government.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on Friday tweeted that he will seek Telangana Chief Minister KCR’s support against the “unconstitutional and undemocratic Ordinance passed by the BJP government against the orders of the Supreme Court.”

In a unanimous ruling, a five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court on May 11 had stated that the Delhi government had legislative and executive powers over administrative services in the national capital. Kejriwal along with other AAP leaders will urge Telangana CM KCR to extend support to the party against the ordinance. He will also request the BRS to oppose the Bill to be brought by the Modi government in Parliament to replace the ordinance.