After DMK, Arvind Kejriwal gets support from Hemant Soren’s JMM against Centre’s Delhi Services Ordinance

Ranchi: In a major political victory for Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha led by Chief Minister Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Friday extended its support to the AAP government and passed the Centre’s Delhi Services Ordinance. Resolved to defeat In Parliament. Assuring support to his Delhi counterpart, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said, “The Centre’s attack on democracy is a matter of serious concern. JMM will support AAP in opposing the Central Ordinance on Control of Administrative Services in Delhi.

#Watch , Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM working president Hemant Soren in Ranchi. pic.twitter.com/46REaFDoyf– ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2023

The JMM leader made this remark after meeting Delhi and Punjab Chief Ministers Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann in Ranchi. Kejriwal and Mann, along with AAP MPs Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh, along with AAP MLA Atishi, reached here on Thursday night around 9 pm by a special flight from Chennai.

Jharkhand CM and JMM working president Hemant Soren welcomed Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders at his residence in Ranchi. pic.twitter.com/dd5coMNz5x– ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2023

Speaking on his turn, Kejriwal said the Center would be allowed to suppress the democratic rights of the people, adding that “the ordinance should be collectively defeated in Parliament.” “The Center is creating trouble for the Aam Aadmi Party and preventing the duly elected government from functioning independently.” Delhi CM said.

Kejriwal asserted, “Despite the Supreme Court verdict in favor of the AAP government (the apex court had ruled that the state government would have control over transfers and postings of top bureaucrats in Delhi), the Center brought the ordinance.” Described the movement against the ordinance as a “fight for freedom”.

Kejriwal, along with senior AAP leaders, has been meeting top opposition party leaders to drum up support against the Centre’s ordinance deregulating administrative services in Delhi.

Delhi Chief Minister met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday in a bid to garner the opposition’s support against the Centre’s ordinance. After the meeting, Kejriwal said he has been assured that the DMK will stand by you and the people of Delhi. Kejriwal was accompanied by Bhagwant Mann, party leaders Raghav Chadha and Atishi during his meeting with Tamil Nadu in Chennai on Thursday.

Notably, Kejriwal had embarked on a nationwide tour on May 23 to seek support from opposition parties against the ordinance. Taking to Twitter, the Delhi CM said, “Will meet Tamil Nadu CM Thiru @mkstalin tomorrow (June 1) in Chennai to seek DMK’s support against Centre’s unconstitutional-undemocratic ‘anti-Delhi’ ordinance.”

Kejriwal had said in a tweet, “On June 2, I will meet Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi. Will seek their support against the ordinance passed by the Modi government against the people of Delhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor has so far met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav. .

In a major victory for Kejriwal, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud ruled in favor of the Delhi government on May 11, giving it control over public order, the police and the appointment and transfer of bureaucrats. land matters.

However, the central government on May 19 brought an ordinance to notify rules for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) with regard to ‘transfer postings, vigilance and other relevant matters’.

The ordinance was brought to amend the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and override the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Center Vs Delhi case.