Another political showdown in Delhi: Centre returns 14 AAP govt bills

In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi, the central government on Friday returned as many as 14 pending bills of the state government in the capital. The central government’s move could well spark off a fresh confrontation with the Delhi government, close on the heels of the controversy over 21 MLAs being appointed as parliamentary secretaries. The Jan Lokpal Bill was among the 14 bills returned, as reported by CNN-News18. The action of the union government drew a sharp response from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP supremo, in a series of tweets, alleged that the union government is creating impediments in every aspect of the state government’s functioning. “Should the Centre have the right to block every law of the Delhi government? Is the Central government the headmaster of the Delhi government?,” Kejriwal said.

मोदी जी का नारा - न काम करूँगा, न करने दूंगा https://t.co/Z40pKzPJ5Z

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 24, 2016

मोदी जी से फिर से हाथ जोड़ कर निवेदन है - थोडा बड़ा दिल कीजिये, दिल्ली की हार को भुला दीजिये और इस तरह से दिल्ली के लोगों से बदला मत लीजिये।

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 24, 2016

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