NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court today pulled up the Narendra Modi government for keeping Delhi assembly under suspended animation for more than eight months and said the decision to explore the possibility of government formation in Delhi should have been taken much earlier. A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu, said, “People of Delhi want an elected Government in the national capital.”
The Centre informed the apex court that President Pranab Mukherjee has given the green signal to Lt Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung to explore the possibility of formation of a Government in Delhi.
Mr Jung is likely to invite the single largest party in Delhi assembly, namely the BJP, to form the Government. In the 70-member House, the BJP and its ally Shiromani Akali Dal have 29 MLAs, down from 32 after its legislators Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Bidhuri and Pravesh Verma were elected to the Lok Sabha.
The Aam Aadmi Party has 27 members, while the Congress has eight.
Byelections for Mehrauli, Tughlakabad and Krishna Nagar assembly seats are slated for November 25. The BJP, according to sources, may form a minority Government if invited by the Lt Gov.
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