Delhi first to be attacked, similar ordinances coming for other states: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at the Centre over its ordinance on control of services in the national capital saying Delhi is the first to be attacked and similar ordinances will also be brought for other statesAddressing the Aam Aadmi Partys AAP Maha Rally at the Ramlila Maidan partys national convener Arvind Kejriwal said the Centres ordinance was an insult to the people of the city reported PTIThe ordinance says that there will be no democracy in Delhi he allegedThere will be dictatorship in Delhi and the LG lieutenant governor is supreme People can vote for whoever they want but the Centre will run Delhi Arvind Kejriwal saidI have been travelling across the country and I want to assure the people of Delhi that they are not alone The 140 crore people of India are with them he saidDelhi is the first city to be attacked and they will bring such ordinances for Rajasthan and other states too the AAP leader claimedOn the arrests of AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain he said they were arrested in order to stop works in the national capital But we have have 100 Sisodias and 100 Jains They will continue the good work the chief minister saidWhile former deputy chief minister Sisodia was arrested in February over alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped liquor policy for 202122 Jain was arrested in May last year in a money laundering caseI want to ask that PM Narendra Modi has been in power as Gujarat chief minister and then as prime minister for long and Kejriwal has been in power for eight years who has done more work for people he saidHe further said that his partys movement against corruption was successful similarly the movement to save Constitution will also be successful12 years ago we had gathered in the same Ramlila Maidan today to fight against corruption I bow down to this platform it is a holy platform Today from this platform we have gathered to remove an arrogant dictator from the country As the movement against corruption was successful similarly this movement to save the Constitution will be successful he saidThe Delhi Chief Minister thanked Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi for fighting the battle of Delhiites in the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court gave a decision in favor of the people of Delhi I thank Abhishek Manu Singhvi from this platform for fighting the battle of Delhiites Within a week of the Supreme Court order the Prime Minister overturned it For the first time in 75 years such a Prime Minister has come added KejriwalHe further said Today democracy is ending in the country this is called dictatorship The Supreme Court said in its decision that India is a democracy the people choose a government and the government has the right to work But Modi ji says he does not accept the order of the Supreme Court and he has changed that decision through an ordinance Modi jis ordinance says that now there will be no democracy in Delhi dictatorship will continue Prime Minister says that he will run the government through LGCM Kejriwal alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leaders kept abusing him every day but he has been busy with his work and will keep rejecting the ordinanceWhile implementing the constitution on January 26 1950 Baba Saheb had said that the public would be supreme but Modi ji has blown away the constitution BJP leaders abuse me every day but it doesnt matter to me I am busy with my work But Modi ji has slapped the people of Delhi with the ordinance I will keep rejecting this ordinance the AAP convenor saidAAP organised a mega rally at Delhis Ramlila ground on Sunday against the Centres Ordinance on control over administrative services in the national capitalDelhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann Delhi Minister Gopal Rai and party MP Sanjay Singh addressed the rallyThe event was also attended by Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal who stressed on opposition unity to fight the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsWith inputs from PTI and ANI