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BJP trying to bring Delhi under President's rule: AAP MLAs in assembly

By Business Standard - 8 months ago
AAP legislators on Monday alleged in the Delhi Assembly that the BJP was trying to bring the national capital under President's Rule after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest. AAP MLA from Kasturba Nagar Madan Lal, during a discussion on "attempts to unconstitutionally impose President's Rule in Delhi", claimed the BJP was trying to force Kejriwal to resign after his arrest. "An emergency-like situation has been created in Delhi where the L-G (VK Saxena) is saying he will not allow Kejriwal to run the government from jail," he said. AAP MLAs claimed the Delhi chief minister was not prevented to run the government from jail by any law. Kejriwal was arrested in a money laundering case linked to now scrapped excise policy of his government by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21. He is in judicial custody till April 15. Lal claimed that rumours of President's Rule in Delhi were being spread to intimidate the AAP. Another AAP MLA, BS Joon, said some people are creating pa

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