The Delhi BJP said on Thursday that the Delhi High Court’s order quashing the appointment of 21 Parliamentary Secretaries was a confirmation of the “anarchic behaviour” of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Also, the party said it will not allow the Delhi Assembly to function till the Kejriwal Government gave a statement on the issue and the 21 MlAs concerned resigned from the Assembly.
Citing constitutional provision, lok Sabha member Meenakshi lekhi said Constitution has made clear that MPs and MlAs cannot be appointed to office of profit. “This is not the first occasion in Delhi. Even during the Sheila Dikshit tenure such controversy has arisen but at that time the Government did not cross all the constitutional limits and even admitted that but the shamelessness of Kejriwal Government is beyond one’s imagination,” added lekhi.
Delhi BJP General Secretary and lok Sabha member, Ramesh Bidhuri said the people of Delhi are suffering due to the misgovernance of the Kejriwal Government.
lok Sabha member from North-East Delhi Manoj Tiwari said the common man is feeling cheated when he sees that the women have to face harassment and exploitation by the MlAs and Ministers even for getting their basic needs like water and ration card.
“Subsequent to the High Court judgment on the administrative controversy between the lt-Governor (Najeeb Jung) and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, this judgment will be seen as a confirmation of the charges of anarchic behaviour by Kejriwal,” Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay said after the Delhi High Court verdict.
“Whatever the Kejriwal Government has done in the case of Parliamentary Secretaries is a criminal conspiracy and we have apprised the Election Commission about it,” Upadhyay said. The High Court on Thursday quashed the appointment of 21 Parliamentary Secretaries after the Aam Aadmi Party Government conceded that the lt-Governor’s approval was not taken in the matter. The BJP leader alleged that the National Capital Region had been pushed into an administrative crisis, adding that it was regrettable that the Chief Minister who created this crisis is now trying to mislead the people of Punjab.
leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta said after coming to power in Delhi, Kejriwal was not politically stable as his party was divided into various groups.
“Today’s verdict of the High Court is a warning by the judiciary against his arbitrariness,” Gupta said.
“We will not allow the Assembly to function till the Government gives a statement (on the issue) and the 21 MlAs resign from the Assembly,” Gupta said.