The Aam Aadmi Party lawmakers and other veteran leaders on Tuesday demanded amendment to the Constitution to ‘give the Assemblies the power to impeach Governors and Lieutenant-Governors.’
The demand comes in view of the ongoing stand-off between Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government and L-G Najeeb Jung on various administrative issues, with the former accusing the L-G of trying to render democratically elected government ineffective and directly run the government.
“These back to back notifications by means of which the Centre is trying to encroach upon the rights of a democratically-elected Government are a travesty; I would like to suggest that the Assembly look into the recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission and pass for a resolution pushing for powers to impeach the Lieutanant-Governor just like Parliament has the power to impeach the President,” Dwarka MLA Adarsh Shastri stated in the House.
On the first day of an emergency session convened to discuss further course of action in the continuing impasse between the Central and Delhi Governments, the AAP- dominated Vidhan Sabha resounded with the recommendations of Sarkaria Commission that had sought to tilt the balance between the two entities in favour of the latter three decades ago.
The Central government has also planned to approach the Supreme Court over a Delhi High Court judgement which is termed as ‘suspect’ after it’s recent notification that gave the Lt. Governor ‘massive powers’ in some high matters with regards to the administration machinery of Delhi.
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