NEW DELHI : Aam Aadmi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal has asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi for help to bring a law in parliament to stop the court-mandated sealing drive in the national capital. This is the first time that Mr Kejriwal has reached out to Mr Gandhi. The Chief Minister’s request comes after attempts to amend Delhi’s masterplan were seen to have run into trouble at the Supreme Court.
Traders have called for a shutdown next week to protest the sealing drive that forced closure of nearly 400 shops in Lajpat Nagar and Greater Kailash on Thursday.
Mr Kejriwal has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to quickly enact a law to shield small commercial establishments running out of residential areas from the sealing drive.
"The traders are on the verge of starvation and each shop is means of livelihood for many people," Mr Kejriwal told PM Modi. He said a gap in the existing laws had led to the present crisis and so, "it is the responsibility of the Central government to remove these anomalies," the chief minister said.
A second letter to Rahul Gandhi suggested the AAP government did not expect the BJP-led national coalition to act on its own.
Source: NDTV
