Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Monday said the party “respectfully disagrees” with the Supreme Court decision upholding the Delhi lieutenant governor’s right to appoint and termed it a “big blow” to India’s democracy.
He said the SC’s decision gives the LG the right to bypass the elected government.
The Supreme Court on Monday held that the lieutenant governor has the power to nominate aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala rejected the Delhi government’s plea that the LG is bound to act on the aid and advice of council of ministers in nominating 10 aldermen to the MCD.
Reacting to the court order, Singh said in a statement, “This is a big blow to India’s democracy. By bypassing the elected government, you are going to give all the powers to the lieutenant governor, so that the LG can run Delhi.”
“This is not good for democracy and the Constitution of India. We respectfully disagree with the decision of the Supreme Court,” the Rajya Sabha MP said.