New Delhi: Criticising AAP ministers for staging a sit-in at the lieutenant-governor’s office, former chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday said that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal should first read the Constitution and then approach the Prime Minister and the Parliament for full statehood to Delhi.
Ms Dikshit further said that the role of the Delhi lieutenant-governor and the chief minister is defined in the Constitution and wondered why AAP leaders were protesting at lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal’s office since Monday. “What is his (Kejriwal’s) intention behind it?”
At a press conference, the three-time Delhi CM said that she feels ashamed that a chief minister is releasing photos on the internet sitting on a protest at the L-G’s office.
Contrasting her governance with that of the Aam Aadmi Party, Ms Dikshit said the BJP ruled at the Centre when she became the Delhi chief minister in 1998 and there was no conflict between them. “The Congress party also demanded full statehood for Delhi, but it never politicised the issue. Mr Kejriwal must understand that Delhi is a Union Territory and he is wrong if he thinks he can have a governance model like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. He should first read the Constitution. If he thinks that there is a need to make amendments to the Constitution, he should approach Modi ji and Parliament,” Ms Dikshit added.
The former Delhi chief minister, however, said people understand the politics behind dharnas as they are not fools.
