Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, wrote to his Tamil Nadu counterpart, M K Stalin, stating that Indian democracy is facing significant blows and the country’s federal structure is in grave danger. He added that “every tenet” of India’s Constitution has been compromised, including liberty, equality, secularism, and fraternity. Kejriwal alleged that the interface of the state governments and their Governors or Lt Governors has become “a battlefront where a silent war is being waged by the Union government.” The Governors and Lt Governors are “wilfully” undermining democratically elected state governments and obstructing administration as per their “whims and fancies,” he said. Kejriwal also commended the Tamil Nadu Assembly for passing a resolution seeking a time-frame for Governors to approve bills passed by the state legislatures, and said his government would also bring a similar resolution in Delhi Assembly in the next session.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case on Sunday. He has been asked to be present at the agency headquarters at 11 am to answer queries of the investigating team.It sounds like there are concerns about the Lt Governor’s actions and their impact on the government’s ability to make progress in various areas. Without more information, it’s difficult to say exactly what those actions are or why they are causing problems. However, if there are specific issues that need to be addressed, it may be helpful to gather more information about the Lt Governor’s actions and their impact, and then work on finding solutions to those problems.
