Senior Congress leader and lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi is likely to initiate the debate from the opposition side on the Delhi services bill when it comes up for consideration and passageဣ in Rajya Sabha next week, sources said on Friday.
Singhvi had repres💦ented the Delhi governmꦑent in the Supreme Court in the matter related to control of administrative services.
The contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to replace the ordinance on transfers and postings of senior ꦓofficers in the Delhi government was pas🐽sed by Lok Sabha on Thursday amid a walkout by opposition parties.
The bill will now go to Rajya Sabha where the ruling alliance is evenl𓄧y poised with the opposition in terms of strength. The ruling alliance, however, has the assurance of fence sitters such as the Biju Janꦜata Dal of Odisha and the YSR Congress Party of Andhra Pradesh. Both the parties supported the bill in Lok Sabha.
A senior leader of the opposition front INDIA said, "We want someone rea♓lly strong on the law front to open the debate for us and Singhvi is the best choice."
The bill is likely to be taken up on Monday.
The ordinance was promulgated by the central government on May 19, a week after the Supreme Court handed ove൩r the control of services in Delhi excluding police, public order and land to the elected government, headed by Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party.
The AAP government has been at loggerheads with the Centre over the control of Group-A a🅠nd DANICS officers in the National Capital Territory government.
-With PTI Input
