If NCT Bill, this experiment is successful in Delhi, then BJP will also replicate it in various Oppn states and take away powers of elected govt. This is a dharamyudh where dharm is with us and adharm is with BJP,’ Chadha tells The Indian Express
Raghav Chadha is among the key young faces of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who is its Rajya Sabha MP and national spokesperson. In an interview with The Indian Express, Chadha, 34, speaks on a range of burning issues, from the current logjam in Parliament over the Manipur crisis to the row over the NCT Bill, to the communal flare-up in Haryana. Excerpts:
Senior Opposition leaders Wednesday met President Droupadi Murmu over the Manipur issue. What assurance did she give?
The idea was to request the Hon’ble President of India to take cognisance of what is happening in Manipur. The 21-member delegation briefed the President of the plight of the state, plight of the people belonging to different communities. And the loss of human life and property that has taken place. They also apprised the President of the lackadaisical approach of the government. “We have been crying out loud for the implementation of Article 356 of the Constitution. We demand the suspension of the Government of Manipur and the imposition of President’s rule.” The mechanism of Article 356 is such that it is the Governor that informs the President of the breakdown of law. And order machinery in the state. The Governor of Manipur, who happens to be a woman herself, has been crying out loud on news channels, radio, among people, saying that she has informed the Centre of what is happening in the state … So when the Governor is essentially requesting for imposition of President’s rule, why is President’s rule not being imposed. These are important questions that we have been raising for a while.
