Decision on Delhi ordinance challenge will probably be taken earlier than Parliament session: Kharge

Keeping playing cards near its chest, the Congress has to this point stored its stand ambiguous as as to if it might help the AAP or not when the ordinance is put to check in Parliament by the BJP-led Centre.

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday mentioned a call on whether or not to oppose the Centre’s ordinance on the management of administrative providers in Delhi can be taken earlier than the Parliament session.

His remarks come a day after the AAP’s ultimatum that it’ll stroll out of the Opposition assembly in Patna if the Congress doesn’t promise its help over the difficulty.

Asked concerning the ordinance challenge and AAP’s ultimatum, Kharge, earlier than leaving for Patna this morning, mentioned his celebration would take a call on it earlier than Parliament’s Monsoon session and questioned why it was being talked about elsewhere when it was a matter that pertains to Parliament.

“Opposing it or proposing it does not happen outside, it happens in Parliament. Before Parliament begins, all parties decide what issues they have to work on together. They (AAP) know it and even their leaders come to our all-party meetings. I don’t know why there is so much publicity about it outside,” Kharge mentioned.  “About 18-20 parties decide together on what to oppose and what to accept. So instead of saying anything now, we will take a decision before Parliament begins,” he mentioned.

The assembly of opposition events has been known as by Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar to chalk out a joint technique to tackle the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

“The AAP will stage a walkout of the meeting if the Congress does not promise its support against the ordinance,” one of many celebration sources had mentioned.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had expressed hope on Tuesday that the Congress would clear its stand on the Centre’s ordinance on the management of administrative providers within the nationwide capital on the assembly of non-BJP events in Patna.

Keeping playing cards near its chest, the Congress has to this point stored its stand ambiguous as as to if it might help the AAP or not when the ordinance is put to check in Parliament by the BJP-led Centre.

Congress leaders Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Delhi counterpart Kejriwal, Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann, Tamil Nadu’s M Okay Stalin, Jharkhand’s Hemant Soren, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, Maharashtra’s former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, and NCP president Sharad Pawar are among the many leaders anticipated to attend it.

Leaders of the PDP, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) and the National Conference may even attend the primary high-level opposition assembly.