Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on the first day of the Delhi Assembly session on Monday said that the Centre is preparing a situation in Delhi to impose President’s rule.
Speaking on the issue of August 4 High Court order, which stated that the Lieutenant-Governor is the administrative head of Delhi, Mr. Sisodia warned the Centre that the AAP-government will not spare them if the rights of the people are violated, in an apparent indication that his party may launch a major campaign for full statehood for Delhi.
‘Won’t spare them’
“We are like children in politics, but we are not immature. If they (Centre) trouble the people of Delhi, we will not spare them… during the elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had supported full statehood demand for Delhi, but now they have forgotten,” Mr. Sisodia said.
Slamming the Centre for misusing its machinery against the AAP government, the deputy CM said: “The Centre wants to run Delhi indirectly through President’s rule, they are trying to do this in Delhi like they tried in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Despite getting raps from the court, they are trying such things.”
Mr. Sisodia added that through its works and ideas, the AAP is expanding in Punjab, Goa and Gujarat.
Hitting out at the Arvind Kejriwal-led government over his “unconstitutional attitude”, Opposition leader Vijender Gupta said the AAP has always chosen the way of “confrontation” to expand itself in other States to get benefits in assembly elections there.
