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NATION AUGUST 25, 2023 | The Indian Eye 8

Congress-AAP bickering

in Delhi casts shadow over opposition

unity under I.N.D.I.A. banner

OUR BUREAU Kejriwal. Earlier this month, Dikshit
blamed Delhi Chief Minister, after
New Delhi
the Bill to replace the ordinance
ll is not well between the Con- for control of services in Delhi was
gress party and Aam Aadmi passed in Parliament, saying his
AParty (AAP) in Delhi. In an running power tussle and bitter ex-
important development, AAP leader changes with the Centre resulted in
Priyanka Kakkar on Wednesday said the draft legislation on the control of
that the party’s top leadership will de- services in the national capital.
cide whether or not to attend the next The draft legislation on Delhi
meeting of INDIA alliance. services was passed by the Parlia-
Earlier, the Delhi Congress ment this month after the Rajya
meeting was held at the party head- Sabha secured its passage by a com-
quarter in the presence of party pres- fortable margin.
ident Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul
Gandhi, KC Venugopal and other Congress was among the Oppo-
party leaders to chalk out the strate-
gy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elec- sition parties, which extended
tions. support to the AAP in its bid to

Congress leader Alka Lamba thwart the passage of the Bill
spoke about the meeting. She in Parliament, after the two

said, “We have been asked to parties came together as part
prepare for the upcoming Lok of the grand Opposition bloc —
Sabha elections. It has been I.N.D.I.A. The Centre had ear-
decided that we will prepare lier promulgated an Ordinance

for all seven seats of Delhi in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during the Delhi Assembly Session at Vidhan overturning a Supreme Court
the Lok Sabha elections. Sev- Sabha in New Delhi on Thursday (ANI Photo) judgment vesting control of
en months are left and all the straight term at the Centre in the er Sandeep Dikshit reiterated that services in the AAP government.
party workers have been asked 2024 Lok Sabha elections. the Centre’s Ordinance on Delhi ser- Sandeep Dikshit hit out at the

to prepare for all seven seats.” Meanwhile, AAP MLA Som- vices was “right” and the former was Centre and the Delhi Government,
nath Bharti said while speaking to opposing it because he had to save saying that there is no difference be-
reporters, “We have to understand himself from corruption cases. tween the policies of these two. Dik-
AAP spokesperson Priyanka
“When I said that the ordinance
Kakkar said, “If they (Congress) whether the statement came from (Delhi NCT services) is right and shit said that the central government
the Delhi Congress or the Congress
is “the worst” one for democracy.
don’t want to form an alliance in party as a whole.” that he (Arvind Kejriwal) was trying “The way the central government
Delhi, then it makes no sense to go In addition, AAP Minister Sau- to save himself as they had corrup- is working, it is the worst government
for INDIA alliance, it is a waste of rabh Bharadwaj said that the central tion cases against them. If he had for the welfare of the poor, and de-
time. The party’s top leadership will leadership will decide on contesting any issue in administering Delhi, he mocracy. Neither the poor nor the
decide whether or not to attend the Lok Sabha polls from Delhi. “...Our could have done something in the country has got any benefit from its
next meeting of INDIA alliance.” central leadership will decide this... education department or health de- performance...There is no difference
INDIA or ‘Indian National De-
velopmental Inclusive Alliance’ is Our political affairs committee and partment. He doesn’t have to do any- in policies between AAP and BJP...”
INDIA parties will sit together and
thing with the Delhi administration, the Congress leader said.
a group of 26 opposition parties, discuss this (poll alliance)”, said Bha- he was just trying to save himself by He further said that Congress
including the Congress. The par- radwaj. opposing the ordinance,” Sandeep should not repeat the same mistake
ties have come together to take on But the war of words between Dikshit said. that was committed by several par-
the National Democratic Alliance the Congress and AAP is continuing. This is not the first time that the ties that had supported Jan Sangh
(NDA), which is led by PM Modi’s Hitting out at AAP national conve- son of former Delhi Chief Minister to defeat the Indira Gandhi govern-
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and nor Arvind Kejriwal, Congress lead- Sheila Dikshit is launching barbs at ment after the emergency.
prevent it from winning a third

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