The political affairs committee (PAC) of AAP is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to seek an appropriate response to Congress’ reply to Arvind Kejriwal’s 18-point poser. Latest reports suggest that at the political affairs committee meeting on Tuesday, AAP leaders will announce that the people of Delhi will decide whether or not AAP should form the next government.
The AAP sources said that some 280 public meetings will be organised in the wards of Delhi where AAP leaders will ask people for their views on forming the government. To do this, AAP will hold four meeting in every constituency over the next week.
Only at the end of this exercise AAP will take a final call on staking their claim to forming a government in the national capital, which is heading towards President rule as Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday recommended for the same to Pranab Mukherjee.
Sources in AAP have told Millennium Post that the party feels that if the people of Delhi back the decision to form the government, then Congress will find it difficult to withdraw support. Some AAP leaders argued that Congress was laying a trap but the majority view in the party seems to be that Arvind Kejriwal should not shy away from the challenge of government formation.
Earlier in the day, Jung recommended imposition of President’s rule in Delhi among other options to break the deadlock over formation of a new government in Delhi after a hung verdict with no party ready to assume power. Central rule with the assembly being kept in suspended animation was one of the options listed by Jung in his report submitted to the President after having wide ranging consultations with BJP, the single largest party, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party, official sources said on Monday.
Congress has offered unconditional support to the AAP to form a government. Without disclosing the contents of the report, union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters that the Lt Governor has given a few options.
‘We are examining the report legally,’ he said. Sources said the Lt Governor in the report has communicated that none of the party is in a position to form the government and so far there is no clarity on government formation. The report also noted that AAP leader Arvind Kerjriwal sought more time for further consultations. Hence, the Lt Governor has said, the President’s rule should be imposed in Delhi by keeping the Assembly under suspended animation till any party or a combination of parties is able to form the government, sources said.
If no party comes forward to stake claim to form the government, the President’s rule can be imposed in the next two days, sources said.
The AAP sources said that some 280 public meetings will be organised in the wards of Delhi where AAP leaders will ask people for their views on forming the government. To do this, AAP will hold four meeting in every constituency over the next week.
Only at the end of this exercise AAP will take a final call on staking their claim to forming a government in the national capital, which is heading towards President rule as Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday recommended for the same to Pranab Mukherjee.
Sources in AAP have told Millennium Post that the party feels that if the people of Delhi back the decision to form the government, then Congress will find it difficult to withdraw support. Some AAP leaders argued that Congress was laying a trap but the majority view in the party seems to be that Arvind Kejriwal should not shy away from the challenge of government formation.
Earlier in the day, Jung recommended imposition of President’s rule in Delhi among other options to break the deadlock over formation of a new government in Delhi after a hung verdict with no party ready to assume power. Central rule with the assembly being kept in suspended animation was one of the options listed by Jung in his report submitted to the President after having wide ranging consultations with BJP, the single largest party, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party, official sources said on Monday.
Congress has offered unconditional support to the AAP to form a government. Without disclosing the contents of the report, union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters that the Lt Governor has given a few options.
‘We are examining the report legally,’ he said. Sources said the Lt Governor in the report has communicated that none of the party is in a position to form the government and so far there is no clarity on government formation. The report also noted that AAP leader Arvind Kerjriwal sought more time for further consultations. Hence, the Lt Governor has said, the President’s rule should be imposed in Delhi by keeping the Assembly under suspended animation till any party or a combination of parties is able to form the government, sources said.
If no party comes forward to stake claim to form the government, the President’s rule can be imposed in the next two days, sources said.