Ordinance row: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin backs AAP’s Kejriwal

The Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal met his Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin on Thursday, seeking support against the Centre’s Ordinance on control over administrative services in the national capital Delhi.
CM Kejriwal had earlier met West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Shiva Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar, and Telanagana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday accused the Centre of creating a crisis in the non-BJP ruled states and said that the ruling DMK would strongly oppose the Central ordinance on control over administrative services in the national capital.
Also, the Central government was preventing duly elected governments from functioning independently, he claimed. “The Centre is creating a crisis to the Aam Aadmi Party and is preventing a duly elected government from functioning independently. Despite the Supreme Court verdict in favour of the AAP government, the Centre brought the ordinance. The DMK will strongly oppose it,” Stalin, who is president of the DMK, told reporters outside his Alwarpet residence here. Flanked by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Stalin described Kejriwal as his “good friend” and said the discussion between them on opposing the ordinance was fruitful.
“The Chief Ministers in the non-BJP ruled states and also the political party leaders should extend their support in opposing the ordinance,” Stalin urged.
Accusing the BJP-led government of bringing the ordinance nullifying the Supreme Court order, Kejriwal, who air-dashed to Chennai and sought Stalin’s support, said the DMK agreed to strongly oppose it and stand by AAP government and the people
of Delhi.