Kejriwal sit-in protest done in illegal manner, alleges NDMC House
The House of the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) yesterday passed a resolution to "condemn the sit-in" by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues at the Lieutenant-Governor's office. Alleging that the protest was done in an "illegal manner", the NDMC House also resolved to request L-G Anil Baijal to "initiate action" on this "violation of the Constitution" by the Delhi Cabinet.
Delhi CM and ministers bound by oath taken: Resolution
"The Delhi CM and his ministers had taken oath to work according to the Constitutional guidelines, and therefore to oblige by those rules is their bounden-duty," the NDMC House resolution said. This comes amid the Delhi government and its IAS officers showing signs of a thaw yesterday and expressing readiness for talks to end the impasse. The sit-in by Kejriwal entered its eighth-day yesterday.
Delhi BJP accuses AAP of resorting to 'dharna politics'
Kejriwal, along with his colleagues, has been holding a protest at the L-G office, demanding to end the IAS officers' strike and approve the doorstep ration delivery scheme. His deputy Manish Sisodia was yesterday sent to the hospital while Health minister Satyendar Jain was hospitalized on Sunday after their one-week log hunger-strike. Delhi BJP has been accusing the AAP of resorting to "dharna politics".
