On Thursday, August 3, Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, accused the BJP of ‘backstabbing’ the people of the national capital, after the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was passed in the Lok Sabha. Taking to X or Twitter, Kejriwal, in Hindi, said, ‘BJP always promised to give full statehood to Delhi. In 2014, Modi himself said that on becoming the prime minister, he would give full statehood to Delhi. But today, these people stabbed the people of Delhi in the back. Don’t believe anything said by Modiji from now on.’
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal also said that Amit Shah did not have a single valid argument in favour of bringing the bill, and stated that the alliance of I.N.D.I.A. will never let that happen. In his first reaction after the introduction of the bill, Kejriwal said this is a bill to enslave people of Delhi.
In a tweet, Kejriwal expressed, ‘Today I heard Amit Shah ji speaking in Lok Sabha on the bill which snatches away the rights of the people of Delhi. They do not have a single valid argument to support the bill. They also know that they are doing wrong. This bill is a bill to enslave the people of Delhi. This is a bill that makes them helpless and helpless. INDIA will never let this happen.’
