However, since 2015, some issues have come up and cases were filed before the Delhi High Court, which also gave certain rulings.
Reddy said the court had also ruled that the L-G should be informed on executive issues of the city government. He said when the GNCTD Act was enacted in 1991 by the then Congress government, Delhi has been made a UT with an assembly with “limited legislative powers”.
“We did not do that. It was a Congress government which piloted the Act then,” he said. Reddy said the LG is an administrator so he has the right to know the day-to-day affairs. “We have not snatched any power from the Delhi government nor we have given any additional power to the LG,” he said.
He strongly objected to some opposition members’ reference that the “Modi government is dictatorial” and said the NDA government has not done anything wrong or new but just ended ambiguity and brought clarity on the Delhi government.
Participating in the debate, Congress member Manish Tewari said the bill is “unconstitutional” as it encroached upon the powers of the city government.
AAP member Bhagwant Mann also strongly opposed the bill and demanded its roll back.
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