Did Modi murder democracy in Delhi
via the Delhi Services Bill?
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
- The Delhi Services Act,
2023 has formalized the status quo ante, which existed for several
decades.
- The Union Government
always used to exercise full control over the services and all along,
during the long Congress rule, Jamaat government, United Front government
and the BJP government.
- An ambitious Arvind
Kejriwal sought to upset the applecart by demanding control over the
services and engaged in an unprecedented and unsavory spat with the LG
and the Union Government.
- He took the matter to
the Supreme Court, where after a very technical view of the matter and
ignoring the long convention, the Supreme Court ruled that there’s no law
that has given control over the services to the Union Government.
- The SC judgement
re-exposed is our Judicial weakness, which is repeating in many matters.
Opposition identified this, and dragging every case to SC, where they seek
for some otherwise illegal
benefits.
- After this judgement,
Arvind Kejriwal attempted to exercise the control and tried to get hold of
the vigilance files on his residential house construction, renovation and
possible corruption.
- To stop this and to
ensure that the past practice is followed in respect of services, an
ordinance was promulgated by the President of India to bring in a law.
- That ordinance was
replaced by a bill passed by the democratically elected parliament of
India.
- I would say that Modi
Ji democratically restored the past practice which an authoritarian
Kejriwal wanted to abrogate to himself taking advantage of legal and
technical lacuna.
- The Media, Newspapers,
and Opposition brayed hoarse, and orchestrated some drama to derail a
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, failed and all
along foulmouthed BJP/NDA, and P.M.
- I STRONGLY
SUGGEST—DELHI BEING CAPITAL, SHALL BE AN UNION TERRITORY ONLY. THE PARTIAL
STATEHOOD ACCORDED, SHALL BE
WITHDRAWN BY AN ACT. Otherwise, politicians like AK-49 will rule, and ruin the capital.
I agree
ReplyDeleteYes Delhi should be under central govt As such we should revert to its Union Territory status
ReplyDeleteThe administrative rifts are doing severe damages to public and Delhi