Ordinance row: CPI(M) supports AAP after Arvind Kejriwal meets Sitaram Yechury

New Delhi: Accusing the government of attacking federalism, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday condemned the Central Ordinance on Control of Administrative Services in Delhi and extended his party’s support to oppose it in Parliament. , when a bill will be brought. Change it Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal met Yechury at the CPI(M) office and sought the Left’s support on the issue.

Yechury appealed to the Congress and other opposition parties to support the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the issue, saying the promulgation of the ordinance on administrative services in Delhi was a “brazen violation” of the Constitution and could happen to any government. Is. Non-BJP party He said the BJP government was attacking the pillars of the Constitution—its federal structure–which he said were not only being “violated” but also being destroyed.

“There are many attacks on the rights of the states and this is a brazen way by bringing the ordinance. We oppose it and whenever we get a chance to vote against it, we will.” To oppose this ordinance. The parties which have not yet condemned this should understand that today there is Delhi government, tomorrow there may be states in Kerala, Rajasthan and other places where there is Congress government or regional party governments. The Modi government can go to any extent to destabilize a non-BJP government,” Yechury said at a joint press conference soon after the meeting with Kejriwal.

“We have condemned the ordinance brought by the Centre. It is unconstitutional. It is also contempt of court. We appeal to the largest opposition party Congress to come forward to save our Constitution,” he said. Kejriwal also said that when the ordinance comes in Parliament, it is in Rajya Sabha and the opposition unity can reject it.

He said he has met TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar over the matter. Asked about the opinion of state Congress leaders on not supporting AAP, Kejriwal said the ordinance was not about them but about the entire country and the people of Delhi.

He said, “This issue is not of Kejriwal, but of the people of this country. This is an insult to the people of Delhi. I appeal to them to forget Kejriwal, but stand with the people of Delhi. With BJP or with the people of Delhi. 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 comes a week after the apex 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 bring a bill in Parliament to replace it.