AAP’S CONFRONTATION WITH THE LG and CENTRE LEAVES DELHI PUBLIC IN QUANDARY

Whenever there is a confrontation between the Centre and state relations it’s the public that ultimately suffers. And this is what is happening in the matter of the Delhi government of AAP and the BJP led NDA dispensation at the centre.

Since the day one, when the AAP assumed power in the NCT of Delhi and thereafter the BJP led NDA in 2014, the relations between both the governments had been at loggerheads with accusations and counter charges on each other by the leaders of both the parties continuing till date.

In fact, the majority of Delhites have now come to the final conclusion that despite the adamant and anti BJP attitude of the AAP CM Arvind Kejrival and his ministers on each and every issue blaming the centre of creating obstacles and bottlenecks on its pro people functioning and counter charges of BJP condemning the deliberate anti Modi and BJP stance of AAP , its the centre which is not allowing the state government to function independently and carry out the various pro people decisions.

There have been several issues of water and electricity including allocation of budget to the state by the centre and issues of health as well as the arbitrary increase in the metro rail fares n a case pertaining to the regularisation of services of 15000 teachers etc in which the state government has complained of step motherly treatments by its nominee, the leuitenent governor of Delhi who has always been indifferent and complacent in signing files on various pro people issues.

When the metro fares were increased by the centre arbitrarily last year and the chief minister Arvind Kejrival opposed them vehemently offering Rs 600 crores annually as a part payment to cover the annual losses it was the centre who did’nt accepted the proposal but went ahead with the arbitrary anti people fare increase despite the fact that metro rail is allegedly earning handsomely and it wans’nt necessary to go for such a huge fare hike.

Similarly in the matter of the regularisation of the services of about 15000 adhoc teachers, despite ratifying the proposal in the assembly the matter is still lying delayed at the central level with no hope of any future approval.

There are several other such pro people proposals lying pending at the level of LG which the AAP leaders say are being deliberately held up and inordinately delayed.

In the matter of granting full fledged statehood to Delhi which if fulfilled, arms the Delhi government with independent powers with Delhi police, land and revenue also coming under its direct jurisdiction, but has not been fulfilled till yet.

It speaks of the hypocritical attitude and double standards of the BJP government at the centre as whenever they (BJP) were in the opposition and the Congress party was in power at the centre, the BJP used to protest on the roads demanding full statehood and had also promised it in their election menifesto.

Now since, the BJP led NDA is in power they have completely backed out to fulfil this long pending demand despite the very fact that the present assembly has passed it with a majority and recommended to the centre.

Today will be the third day of the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejrival and his three other cabinet colleagues sitting on Dharna at LG’s official residence demanding meeting and issuing of instructions for ending the strike of the IAS officers of Delhi who had been on non cooperation after the attack of Aap MLAs on the Delhi chief secretary Anshul Prakash but unfortunately the LG is unrelenting on these pivotal issues.

Just imagine if the confrontation between the LG of Delhi and the Delhi CM would continue with trading of charges against each other what would be the fate of Delhi electorates who’d voted the AAP with a historic majority.

There is however no doubt that in the confrontation of AAP and BJP its the CONGRESS which has totally been sidelined politically with AAP eating the latter’s space.

Today by giving good number of concessions to the people of Delhi in electricity, water, health sector, education and transport, AAP has made strong inroads in the vote bank of the people of the lower middle class and the lowest ebb of the society including the minorities thus sidelining the Congress that ruled Delhi for 15 long years and trying to make every possible efforts to stage a re come back on the Delhi’s political saddle in 2020. What’s your take friends?