Close X
Thursday, November 7, 2024
ADVT 
India

AAP seeks revision of LG's letter to president

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Sep, 2014 08:41 AM
  • AAP seeks revision of LG's letter to president
The AAP Wednesday said it has requested Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to revise the letter sent to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking permission to invite the BJP to form government in Delhi.
 
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading, and sought dissolution of the assembly.
 
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal met Jung Wednesday and submitted a letter to him along with a copy of a CD of the "sting" operation which shows AAP legislator Dinesh Mohaniya being offered a bribe of Rs.4 crore by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader to quit the assembly to improve the BJP's chances of forming a government in Delhi.
 
"In your Sep 4 letter to the president, you have recommended invitation to the BJP to form the government. The developments in the past few days have made it clear that the BJP does not want to form the government in accordance with the constitution," the letter written in Hindi said.
 
"Hence, we request you to again write a letter to the president apprising him of how the BJP was violating the constitution... We request you to urge the president to dissolve the Delhi assembly," the letter added.
 
Earlier, AAP leader Manish Sisodia too met Jung here and said: "We requested him (Jung) to revise the letter sent to the president seeking his permission to invite the BJP to form the government in Delhi, as the party is trying to form a government through horse-trading."
 
Sisodia also said that if the government is formed through horse-trading, its problems such as corruption, school education and price rise will not be solved.
 
"If such a government is formed in Delhi, then it will be a burden on the people of Delhi... So, we have requested the Lt. Governor to revise the contents of his letter and this time seek dissolution of the assembly," he said.
 
The video, released by AAP Monday, shows BJP state unit vice president Sher Singh Dagar making a bribe offer to AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya, whose resignation would have brought down the effective strength of the hung Delhi assembly to 66 and given the BJP an edge to form the government.
 
Delhi was placed under President's rule after AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal quit as chief minister Feb 14 this year.
 
The BJP now has 28 legislators after three got elected to the Lok Sabha.
 
The AAP has 27 MLAs and the Congress eight in the now 67-member Delhi assembly.

MORE India ARTICLES

CBI to probe border row: Assam CM

CBI to probe border row: Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday said the CBI would be asked to probe the violence near the state's border with Nagaland in the wake of kidnapping of two youth allegedly by Naga men June 26.

CBI to probe border row: Assam CM

Election now will fetch BJP more seats: opinion poll

Election now will fetch BJP more seats: opinion poll
As the Narendra Modi government prepares to complete three months, a survey has found that the BJP will get 314 seats, 32 more than what it got, if a Lok Sabha election was held now.

Election now will fetch BJP more seats: opinion poll

Renowned Kannada writer Ananthamurthy dead

Renowned Kannada writer Ananthamurthy dead
Renowned Kannada writer and Jnanpith awardee U.R. Ananthamurthy passed away here Friday after a brief illness. He was 82.

Renowned Kannada writer Ananthamurthy dead

Kerala liquor policy to make state 'dry' in a decade

Kerala liquor policy to make state 'dry' in a decade
The Kerala government's intention to bring about prohibition in a phased manner has begun with a new liquor policy that will turn the state into a dry one in a decade.

Kerala liquor policy to make state 'dry' in a decade

SC questions government on lack of opposition leader

SC questions government on lack of opposition leader
The Supreme Court Friday questioned the central government over the issue of appointing a leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, and said it will give a larger interpretation to the concept of the opposition leader if the government failed to resolve the issue.

SC questions government on lack of opposition leader

NSEL scam accused Jignesh Shah gets bail

NSEL scam accused Jignesh Shah gets bail
The Bombay High Court Friday granted conditional bail to FTIL promoter Jignesh Shah, who was arrested in the Rs.5,574 crore National Stock Exchange Ltd (NSEL) scam.

NSEL scam accused Jignesh Shah gets bail