Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, is scheduled to meet with Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, on Wednesday in an effort to enlist his support in opposition to the Center’s Ordinance on control over administrative services in the city. According to AAP sources, the meeting of the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the national president of the Samajwadi Party will be held in Lucknow. Kejriwal had on May 23 embarked on a nationwide tour to seek support from the Opposition parties against the Ordinance.
The AAP national convenor has so far met with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.
The Union government on May 19 brought an ordinance to notify rules for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) regarding the ‘transfer posting, vigilance and other incidental matters’. The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Centre vs Delhi case is disregarded by the ordinance that was introduced to alter the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991.