Ashok Gehlot calls GNCTD Bill ‘murder of democracy’, move to target AAP government
The Hindu
The Rajasthan Chief Minister said abolishing the powers of an elected government is against the spirit of democracy.
Hitting out at the Centre, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the Bill giving primacy to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor over the elected government, was passed by the Parliament to curtail the rights of the AAP-led dispensation. Terming the government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 as “murder of democracy”, he said abolishing the powers of an elected government is against the spirit of democracy. “Earlier the Supreme Court had clearly ruled that the elected government is the real head of Delhi.More Related News