Delhi lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh, amidst demand by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for dissolving the Delhi Assembly and holding fresh elections. Jung, who was closeted with the Home Minister for about 20 minutes, is said to have discussed various issues, including political situation in the national Capital.
The AAP has recently alleged that the BJP is trying to form a Government in Delhi by indulging in horse-trading or luring MlAs of other parties, a charge denied by the Home Minister himself. The BJP has also been maintaining that it was ready for fresh elections.
The BJP had emerged the single largest party after the polls with 32 seats, including one of Akali Dal, in the 70-member Assembly. But it had refused to form Government saying it did not have the numbers and will not resort to any “unfair means” to take the reins.
The AAP with 28 MlAs had later formed the Government with support of eight Congress MlAs. BJP’s number came down to 28 after three of its MlAs — Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Bidhuri and Parvesh Verma — were elected to the lok Sabha. The strength of the Assembly also went down to 67 and the simple majority mark would be 34.