Rahul Gandhi, BJP reached pact on Delhi ordinance: AAP
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday slammed the Congress for allegedly supporting the Centre's controversial Delhi ordinance.
Talking to reporters, AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said, "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have reached an agreement and he is standing with the BJP on this illegal ordinance."
"What is taking Congress so long to clear its stand?" she further asked.
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#WATCH | We have got info that Rahul Gandhi and BJP have done an agreement...Congress should clear its stand against this unconstitutional Ordinance, why they are taking so long in doing so? : AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge's… https://t.co/iZlW68JIOy pic.twitter.com/r7vdxKBrus
— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023
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Decision would be taken before next Parliament session: Kharge
Kakkar's comments came after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Friday that a decision on supporting the AAP against the Centre's ordinance would be taken before the next Parliament session.
On Thursday, the AAP threatened to walk out of Friday's opposition meeting in Bihar's Patna if the Congress does not "promise its support against the ordinance."
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Why Centre's Delhi ordinance is controversial
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the Delhi government, granting it power over the national capital's bureaucracy.
However, to allegedly bypass the verdict, the BJP-led central government brought the ordinance to put bureaucrats above the CM, saying it would check the AAP's corruption.
Since then, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been seeking the opposition parties' support against the ordinance.