Kejriwal was accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha members Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha, as well as Delhi minister Atishi (Image : Twitter/ @ArvindKejriwal)
The Center on Friday promulgated an ordinance to create an authority for transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi, which the AAP government termed as a travesty of the Supreme Court verdict on deregulation of services.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday to seek his support for AAP’s fight against the Centre’s ordinance on deregulation of services in Delhi.
He was accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha members Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha, as well as Delhi minister Atishi.
AAP’s national convenor Kejriwal will also meet Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar and seek his support against the Centre’s ordinance. Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday as part of their nationwide tour in support of AAP’s fight against the Centre’s ordinance.
The Center on Friday promulgated an ordinance to create an authority for transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi, which the AAP government termed as a hoax with the Supreme Court verdict on deregulation of services.
The ordinance, which comes a week after the Supreme Court handed over control of services in Delhi except police, public order and land to the elected government, setting up a National Capital Civil Services Authority for transfer and disciplinary proceedings against the group Wanted – An officer of Danix Cadre.
Prior to the apex court’s May 11 verdict, transfers and postings of all officers of the Delhi government were under the executive control of the lieutenant governor.
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