New Delhi (SunstarTV Bureau): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs led by MP Derek O’Brien on Wednesday have reached Delhi to obstruct the ‘bulldozing’ of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Amendment Bill 2021 that attempts to provide more power to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, in Rajya Sabha.
O’Biren tweeted that, “2 days to go for elections in 5 States.Yet Trinamool RS MPs airdash to Delhi to stop bulldozing of #GNCT Bill that disempowers an elected Delhi govt. Another knife into heart of democracy, Constitution #Parliament. Worse still Home Min electioneering not piloting Bill.Cruel irony.”
2 days to go for elections in 5 States.Yet Trinamool RS MPs airdash to Delhi to stop bulldozing of #GNCT Bill that disempowers an elected Delhi govt. Another knife into heart of democracy, Constitution #Parliament. Worse still Home Min electioneering not piloting Bill.Cruel irony
— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) March 24, 2021
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, he wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, requesting him to postpone the consideration and passing of the bill in view of the absence of TMC members in the Upper House due to the West Bengal assembly polls.
The GNCTD Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, as per the bill it becomes mandatory for the Delhi Government to take the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor before annual executive action.
Earlier, on Monday Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed the passage of the Bill in Lok Sabha an insult to the people of the national capital that seeks to make it clear that the government in Delhi means the Lieutenant Governor.
