Delhi stares at President’s rule as BJP, AAP refuse to stake claim

New Delhi: The suspense over government formation in Delhi persisted on Monday after both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which emerged as the single largest party in the 70-member assembly, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said they will not stake a claim for governing the national capital.

Each asked the other party to bid for coming to office after neither emerged with a clear majority from the 4 December election in which the Congress party was routed.

“We are not going to form the government. We will sit in the opposition and play the role of a constructive opposition,” said Yogendra Yadav, a leader of the AAP, which made a stunning electoral debut in the elections which ended the Congress’s three-term rule.

“As per the Constitution, the largest party has to take the responsibility of forming government,” Yadav said. “We have not got majority so it is very surprising that the number one party (BJP) is not ready to form the government and telling us to do so.” He added that even if the party is called by the lieutenant governor to form the government, it would decline on the grounds that it does not have a majority.

 

 

 

muntazir alam

1st sem 

iimt  college of management