Four CMs meet over Kejriwal s protest (Second Lead)
Saturday - June 16, 2018 8:40 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Four CMs meet over Kejriwal s protest (Second Lead)
New Delhi June 16 (IANS) In a bid to put pressure on the Centre and the BJP four non-BJP Chief Ministers met here on Saturday and discussed a strategy to provide support to protesting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who wants IAS officers to end their non-cooperation with his government.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended a meeting at Andhra Bhawan with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
They met shortly after Delhi s Lt. Governor Anil Baijal declined permission to Banerjee to meet Kejriwal. She had planned to go to the protest site -- Lt. Governor s residential office -- along with Naidu.
Informed sources said the four Chief Ministers were planning a strategy on how to strengthen Kejriwal s hands.
On denial of permission by the Lt Governor Kejriwal tweeted: "I don t think LG can take such a decision on his own. Obviously PMO has directed him to refuse permission. Just like IAS strike is being done at PMO s instance.
"We live in a democracy. Can PM deny CMs of other states to meet CM of another state? Raj Niwas is no one s personal property. It belongs to the people of India."
Delhi s Lt. Governor Baijal earlier denied permission to Banerjee for meeting her Delhi counterpart who is on a protest at the Lt Governor s office-cum-residence Raj Niwas.
"Permission denied by LG. Extremely sad state of affairs " Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha tweeted.
Kejriwal followed it up with: "This is getting more and more bizarre..."
Minutes before Chadha had tweeted: "West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asks LG to let her meet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal this evening at 8 p.m."
Kejriwal along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Cabinet ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai is camping at Raj Niwas since Monday demanding a direction to the IAS officers working in the Delhi administration to end their undeclared strike.
He also wants the central government to approve his government s proposal to deliver ration to the poor at their houses.
--IANS akk-mgu-vsc/mr
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended a meeting at Andhra Bhawan with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
They met shortly after Delhi s Lt. Governor Anil Baijal declined permission to Banerjee to meet Kejriwal. She had planned to go to the protest site -- Lt. Governor s residential office -- along with Naidu.
Informed sources said the four Chief Ministers were planning a strategy on how to strengthen Kejriwal s hands.
On denial of permission by the Lt Governor Kejriwal tweeted: "I don t think LG can take such a decision on his own. Obviously PMO has directed him to refuse permission. Just like IAS strike is being done at PMO s instance.
"We live in a democracy. Can PM deny CMs of other states to meet CM of another state? Raj Niwas is no one s personal property. It belongs to the people of India."
Delhi s Lt. Governor Baijal earlier denied permission to Banerjee for meeting her Delhi counterpart who is on a protest at the Lt Governor s office-cum-residence Raj Niwas.
"Permission denied by LG. Extremely sad state of affairs " Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha tweeted.
Kejriwal followed it up with: "This is getting more and more bizarre..."
Minutes before Chadha had tweeted: "West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asks LG to let her meet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal this evening at 8 p.m."
Kejriwal along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Cabinet ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai is camping at Raj Niwas since Monday demanding a direction to the IAS officers working in the Delhi administration to end their undeclared strike.
He also wants the central government to approve his government s proposal to deliver ration to the poor at their houses.
--IANS akk-mgu-vsc/mr
