AAP Slams BJP After Lok Sabha Passes Delhi Service Bill

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed the BJP for backstabbing the people of the national capital after the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 has been passed in Lok Sabha on Thursday amid a walkout by the opposition parties.

Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged people not to believe anything the PM says.

"BJP always promised to give full statehood to Delhi. In 2014, Modi himself said that on becoming the prime minister, he would give full statehood to Delhi. But today these people stabbed the people of Delhi in the back. Don't believe anything said by Modiji from now on," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

The Delhi Services Bill was passed after a nearly four-hour-long debate which was replied to by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Shah made it clear that the central government has the power to make laws on Union territories and Delhi, being a Union Territory, the Centre enjoys full rights to make rules also.

Meanwhile, AAP leader Raghav Chadha took to Twitter, "The passing of the #DelhiOrdinanceBill in the Lok Sabha is a dark moment for Indian democracy. The BJP, once a supporter of Delhi's statehood, has betrayed the people and its own leaders. This undermines the democratic rights of our citizens. It's a shameful act, disregarding the will of the people and insulting our constitution and democratic values."

On the other hand, AAP member Sushil Kumar Rinku, who tore a copy of the Bill and threw it towards the chair, was subsequently suspended by Speaker Om Birla for the remaining part of the Monsoon Session for unruly behaviour.