Through this Act, the Centre has made it mandatory that the Delhi government will have to seek the LG's opinion on any executive decisions passed in the Cabinet, restricting the Delhi Legislative Assembly's powers.
The blames and the claims of the MCDs against the Delhi government are baseless. These claims can politicise the issue, grab catchy headlines and photo-ops for protesting mayors, but cannot really solve the problem.
The decline of political institutions is a visible trend in our democracy. Intimidating tactics to circumscribe the power of councillors to a limited role is a sign of institutional decay.
AAP has stood with the farmers’ cause since it came to power in Delhi. In the days to come, the party will strategise to contribute more critically to the injustice against peasants.
Congress has been in peaceful hibernation instead of seizing the day to reinvent itself. To rise like a phoenix, the grand old party has to once again win the faith of the masses.
The Delhi government's initiative of distributing oximeters to Covid patients and establishing plasma banks is a step forward in overcoming the stigma around Covid-19.
India Today Group Editor-in-Chief talks about how Arvind Kejriwal scored an emphatic victory in Delhi after AAP’s governance card trumped the BJP’s polarising campaign, in the February 24, 2020 edition of the India Today Magazine.