Centre's ordinance brazen power grab, united Oppn will defeat it: Kejriwal
Labelling the Centre's ordinance on control of services as "a brazen power grab", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said it "won't stand" in the Supreme Court while asserting that a united opposition will defeat it in Rajya Sabha.
Addressing a press conference here following his meeting with CPI General Secretary D Raja, he alleged that the central government has "practically taken over the entire Delhi government".
According to the AAP government, after JD(U), RJD, TMC, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP, BRS, DMK, SP, JMM and CPI(M), the CPI has extended its support to Kejriwal's campaign against the Centre's "draconian anti-Delhi ordinance".
Kejriwal has been meeting opposition leaders to ensure that the related bill is not passed in the Rajya Sabha.
The chief minister termed the ordinance a "brazen power grab that has wreaked havoc in Delhi".
The ordinance not only reverses the Constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme Court but goes much beyond that, he claimed.
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