Modi sarkar won’t return in 2024: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Shiv Sena UBT has aligned with the Opposition to protest against an ordinance that grants excessive powers to the Centre contrary to a Supreme Court SC decision concerning the Delhi government The announcement on this was made following a meeting between Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Wednesday Kejriwal directly attacked the PM and called him selfish and arrogantThe arrogant and selfish cannot run the union governmentrdquo He said if the ordinance bill was not passed in the Rajya Sabha it would be a semifinal win before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls ldquoAfter this Modi Sarkar will not return in 2024rdquo he addedAccompanied by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Kejriwal further condemned the BJP suggesting that they aim to modify any Supreme Court judgment that goes against them by promulgating ordinancesPunjab CM Bhagwant Mann Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leaders met Uddhav Thackeray and MP Sanjay Raut in Mumbai PicAtul KambleHe accused the BJP of disregarding the judiciary democracy and the constitution Despite the Delhi governmentrsquos triumph in the SC regarding control over transfers and postings of bureaucrats the Centre introduced an ordinance to transfer these powers back to thelieutenant governorKejriwal highlighted the BJPrsquos three strategies when they are unable to form a government in a state attempting to purchase MLAs utilising Central agencies to induce partyswitching and resorting to ordinances to grab state powers He commended and expressed gratitude to the Thackeray Sena for opposing the bill in Parliament ldquoIt is not just about Delhi but about the fight for federalism The Thackeray Sena has told me that it will oppose the bill in the Parliamentrdquo he saidAlso Read Maharashtra lsquoBeginning of the end of Maha Vikas AghadirsquoMann recounts Punjab guv incidentMann recounted an incident in Punjab where the governor rejected the governmentrsquos plea to hold a budget session Even after the Supreme Court overturned the rejection the governor refused to read the speech containing the words ldquomy governmentrdquo This raised concerns about the role of elected representatives versus appointed individuals like governorsThackeray criticised those who undermine democracy and the constitution emphasising that nonBJP parties should not be labelled as the Opposition but as advocates of democracy He pointed out the contradiction between the Supreme Courtrsquos judgments in the Shiv Sena and Delhi government cases accusing the Centre of curtailing the powers of the Delhi government through the promulgation of an ordinance Thackeray expressed concerns that elections including the upcoming Lok Sabha polls could potentially be the lastCM Eknath Shinde reactsReacting to Kejriwalrsquos statement that the Modi government would not return next year Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will break all previous records under Modirsquos leadershipldquoThe leaders can meet nobody can stop them But the elections are not won by such meetings People will decide whether they are under a dictatorship The people see development and the pace at which it has happened in the past eightnine years as compared to the past 70 yearsrdquo he addedKejriwal to meet Sharad PawarKejriwal is scheduled to meet Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Thursday for the same purpose following his meeting with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday Additionally during his twoday tour in Mumbai he will focus on his partyrsquos preparations for the upcoming Mumbai municipal polls Kejriwal is accompanied by AAP Rajya Sabha members Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha as well as Delhi Minister AtishiAfter the Shiv Sena split three Rajya Sabha membersmdashSanjay Raut Anil Desai and Priyanka Chaturvedimdashhave remained with the Uddhav Thackeray faction The unified Sena had 19 MPs including one from Dadra Nagar Haveli in the Lok Sabha and three Rajya Sabha members The upcoming voting on the ordinance bill is expected to witness a whip issued by the Shindeled party directing its members to vote in favour of the government The government is likely to secure victory in the Lok Sabha but lacks the necessary numbers in the Upper HouseIn the event of a whip violation the Shinde faction may initiate disciplinary action against the Thackeray grouprsquos Rajya Sabha members leading to another legal battle While the Supreme Court partially resolved the factional dispute earlier this month the battle continues before the Vidhan Sabha Speaker19No of LS MPs that unified Shiv Sena had