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LG does not agree that services should be under Delhi government: Kejriwal

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Lt Governor Anil Baijal does not agree that control of the services department should be handed over to the Delhi government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday and added that it was the first time in India’s history that the central government had openly refused to obey the apex court’s order.

Addressing the media after a 25-minute meeting with Baijal, the first after his nine-day sit-in, Kejriwal said the LG had sought advice from the Ministry of Home Affairs and was told that services should not be given to the Delhi government.

“Supreme Court said that except three subjects, police, land and public order, Delhi government will have executive power on other subjects. LG does not agree that control of services should be handed over to Delhi government.

“LG sought advice from that MHA which told him that services should not be given to Delhi government. It is the first time in the history of India that the Central government has openly refused to obey the SC’s order…,” Kejriwal told reporters.

This would lead to anarchy in the country, he added.

Hours after the Supreme Court’s landmark judgement earlier this week, the Delhi government introduced a new system for transfer and postings of bureaucrats, making the chief minister the approving authority.

However, the services department refused to comply, saying the Supreme Court did not abolish the notification issued in 2016 which made the MHA the authority for transfers and postings.

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Gujarat: After Bavaliya, another OBC leader says he may quit Congress

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After Kunwarji Bavaliya’s exit, another senior OBC leader, Vikram Madam, today said he may quit the Congress if the party’s state leadership did not address his grievances.

“I will raise several issues and questions that are bothering me on the party forum and will expect answers. If I am not satisfied, I can leave the Congress,” Madam told reporters before meeting the party leaders here.

The OBC leader, who represented Jamnagar in the Lok Sabha twice, is now the MLA from Khambhalia.

However, he also said that unlike Bavaliya — who joined the BJP and was made a minister — he would never join the ruling party.

“I can leave the Congress, I can leave politics, but I will never join the BJP. I will never wear a saffron scarf,” Madam said to a question.

He declined to reveal what issues he wanted to raise with the party leadership, saying it will not be appropriate to do so before he speaks to the state Congress president.

“I will raise the issues only on the party forum.

(Congress president) Rahul Gandhi is coming to Gujarat on July 16 and 17. I will also meet him and raise these issues,” he said.

According to party sources, senior state Congress leaders are disgruntled after Gandhi appointed Amit Chavda and Paresh Dhanani as the state unit chief and the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly.

Senior leaders consider Chavda and Dhanani as relatively new-comers, sources said.

Madam was elected as MP from Jamnagar in 2004 and 2009. He won the Assembly election from Khabhalia in 2002 and again in 2017.

He is considered to be a prominent leader from the Ahir (Yadav) community in the state.

According to party sources, he was a contender for the post of LoP after the last year’s elections, but in the wake of Patel quota agitation, the Congress decided to give the post to Dhanani, who belongs to the Patel community.

The party received a blow earlier this week when Bavaliya, a five-time MLA and senior OBC leader, joined the BJP and was made a cabinet minister in the state government.

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