Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on May 24 at Matoshree in Mumbai to enlist his assistance over Centre’s ordinance restricting the transfers and postings of bureaucrats in Delhi.
Arvind Kejriwal Enlists Uddhav Thackeray
The AAP has received support from Uddhav Thackeray’s Sena faction, which will also oppose the ordinance in Parliament.
”Uddhav Thackeray made us family members. We also believe in having relations and this will be a lifelong relationship. I assure you,” Arvind Kejriwal said after the meeting.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha, and members of the AAP’s Rajya Sabha, among others, were with Arvind Kejriwal.
”All our powers were taken away in 2015 and for eight years we fought in the Supreme Court. The day a decision came from the Supreme Court, the Union government brought an ordinance and took our power. This clearly shows they don’t believe in the SC,” he added.
Meanwhile, Uddhav Thackeray, who lost his party to Eknath Shinde and then went on to create a government with help from the BJP, said, ”We all have come together to save the country and democracy. I think we should not be called opposition parties. In fact, they (Centre) should be called the Opposition since they are against democracy and the Constitution.”
