Arvind Kejriwal meets Sharad Pawar in Mumbai
The Hindu
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on May 25 met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on May 25 met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar.
Mr. Kejriwal, who is on a two-day visit to Mumbai, was accompanied by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann during his meeting with Mr. Pawar at Y B Chavan Centre in south Mumbai.
The top Aam Aadmi Party leader on May 24 met former Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s Bandra home to seek support for AAP’s fight against the BJP-ruled Centre’s ordinance on control of services in Delhi.
On May 23, Mr. Kejriwal and Mr. Mann met West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata as part of their nationwide tour to garner support for the AAP’s fight against the Centre’s ordinance.
The Centre on May 19 promulgated an ordinance to create an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi, with the AAP government calling the move a deception with the Supreme Court verdict on control of services.
The ordinance, which comes a week after the Supreme Court handed over the control of services in Delhi excluding police, public order and land to the elected government, seeks to set up a National Capital Civil Service Authority for transfer of and disciplinary proceedings against Group-A officers from the DANICS cadre.
Transfer and postings of all officers of the Delhi government were under the executive control of the lieutenant governor before the May 11 verdict of the Supreme Court.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.