Aldermen appointment ruling blow to democracy, says AAP

Senior Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Monday said the party respectfully disagrees with the Supreme Court on the latterrsquos decision to uphold the Delhi Lieutenant Governors LG right to appoint the Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD aldermen and termed it a big blow to Indias democracyHe said the apex courtrsquos decision gives LG the right to ldquobypassrdquo the elected governmentWATCH On Supreme Court upholds Delhi LGs power to appoint aldermen to MCD AAP MP Sanjay Singh says I think this is a very big blow to Indian democracy and by bypassing the elected government you are giving all the rights to LG I think this is not good for democracy andhellip pictwittercom8PV2M2rsnsmdash ANI ANI August 5 2024Meanwhile Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit slammed AAP and said the party should have read the laws before sending the names of the 10 aldermenThe Supreme Court passed its verdict on the matter on Monday August 5A bench of Chief Justice of India CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala rejected the Delhi governments plea that LG is ldquobound to act on the aid and advice of council of ministersrdquo in nominating 10 aldermen to MCDReacting to the court order Singh said in a statement This is a big blow to Indias democracy By bypassing the elected government you are going to give all the powers to the lieutenant governor so that he can run Delhi This is not good for democracy and the Constitution of India We respectfully disagree with the decision of the Supreme CourtThe Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament MP further stated that the courtrsquos decision is unfortunate and against the spirit of democracyThe courts decision was completely different from the comments made by the chief justice and other judges during the hearing of this case In other states the governor approves the names of nominated councilors but it is done on the aid and advice of the elected government Singh saidMeanwhile Dikshit slammed AAP and said that the Supreme Court had looked at the law He also said AAP always had a fight with LG and they should have read the laws before sending the names of the 10 aldermenSC looked at the law and it was made clear that the right to appoint the aldermen is with LG You AAP have always fought with LG you read the law only after sending the names of the aldermen It is evident that you are playing games with the legal system Dikshit saidHe also added that AAP has received a slap from the Supreme Court after this judgmentThe Supreme Court has slapped AAP with this judgement I wonder if they have lied on this how many times they would have lied Every time they lie they go to court and their words are proven to be a lie Sadly the party has emerged out of a movement and in my opinion has been a misfortune for Delhi and the country he addedDikshit also said that Singh should have used some common sense and read the law firstSanjay Singh should have used some common sense read the law first You should have read it earlier these people have told so many lies that they have forgotten the difference between truth and lies the Congress leader saidThe apex court pronounced its verdict on the Delhi governments plea after reserving it for nearly 15 monthsMCD has 250 elected and 10 nominated membersIn December 2022 AAP defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in the MCD elections and ended the saffron partys 15year rule AAP won 134 seats BJP 104 and the Congress nineA petition by the Delhi government had sought the quashing of the order dated January 3 and 4 2023 whereby LG had nominated 10 persons as nominated members of the MCDLG has illegally appointed 10 nominated members to MCD on his own initiative and not on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers the plea had statedWith PTI and ANI inputs