Amid talks on opposition unity, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy, Tejashwi Yadav will meet Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday. This comes after the Bihar CM met his Delhi counterpart on Sunday amid the row over the Centre’s ordinance concerning the ‘management of companies’ within the nationwide capital.
Soon after the assembly, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav addressed the media. Speaking on the problem, Bihar CM stated, “How can powers given to an elected government be taken away? It’s against the Constitution. We stand with Arvind Kejriwal.”
“Will hold meetings in the future as well, we are trying to bring together all opposition parties in the country,” Nitish Kumar added. The Delhi CM stated, “Today, in a meeting with Nitish Ji, he said that he stands with the people of Delhi, on the issue of the Centre bringing an ordinance negating SC order in favour of Delhi.”
“In case, the Centre brings this ordinance as a bill, if all non-BJP parties come together it can be defeated in Rajya Sabha. If such a thing happens, it can send a message that the BJP government will be out in 2024,” Arvind Kejriwal added.
Taking a swipe on the BJP authorities, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav stated, “BJP is troubling the non-BJP governments. The central government is doing an injustice to Arvind Kejriwal. We stand with them. Discrimination is not fair. We will not let this happen,” he stated.
To additional collect help in opposition to the Centre’s transfer, the AAP nationwide convenor may even meet former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on May 24 and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on May 25, in response to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
On Friday, the Union authorities introduced an ordinance to inform guidelines for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) concerning the ‘switch posting, vigilance and different incidental issues’. The ordinance has been delivered to amend the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and it circumvents the SC judgement within the Centre vs Delhi case.
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Meanwhile, the Bihar CM had additionally attended the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka’s new Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru after Congress occasion’s landslide victory within the state. After the outcomes, Nitish Kumar advised reporters, “Efforts are underway to unite the opposition as it would be in the interest of the whole nation.”
“They (Congress) had a massive win (in Karnataka). If Opposition parties come together, that will be in the interest of the nation, efforts are underway for that,” Nitish Kumar had stated.
Nitish Kumar has been assembly Opposition leaders to “strengthen the bloc” in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Nitish Kumar had caught the nationwide creativeness along with his pitch for a “united opposition” which he believes, can tackle and defeat the BJP in subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha polls.
(With inputs from PTI)
