Following the Supreme Court's verdict on the Centre-Delhi services on Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hailed the decision with party chief Arvind Kejriwal terming the verdict a✱ "victory of democ🗹racy".
Welcoming the verdict, the AAP said in a tweet in Hindi, "The el💞ected government will have the power of transfer-posting of officers. Officers will work only through the elected government." The Lt Governor will have no power🃏 over the officers to stop the work of the people of Delhi, the party said.
In a unanimous verdict, the Sup🐭reme Court ruled on Thursday that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services. Following the top court verdict, Kejriwal will go to the Delhi Secretariat for the first time in many months and hold a meeting with his cabinet, officials said.
Kejriwal expressed his "hearfelt thanks" to the Supreme Court for "doing justice to the people of Delhi" and said the pace of development will increa🎃se manifold.
AAP Rajya Sabha Raghav Chadha called the verdict a "landmark𝄹 decision" and said it sends a stern message.
"Satyamev Jayate. Delhi wins. Hon'ble Supreme Court's lan𝔉dmark judgment sends a stern message that officers working with the government of Delhi are meant to serve (the) people of Delhi through the elected government and not unelected usurpers parachuted by Centre to stall governance, namely LG," Chadha tweeted.
A🐟AP senior leader and minister Atishi called the verdict "historic" and said, "After a long battle, the Supreme Court got the Arvind Kejriwal government its right. Now, no one will be able to obstruct the work of the people of Delhi." "This historic decision is a win for the people of Delhi. Now De🦩lhi will progress at double the speed. Congratulations everyone!" she said in a tweet in Hindi.
Saurabh Bharadwaj, another ministe🍸r in the Delhi government, tweeted, "Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal fought a legal battle for the p♍eople of Delhi for eight years. Today, the people won."
Hearing the Centre versus the Delhi government case over the demarcation of power, a constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said an elected government needs to have control over the administration. It refused to agree with Justice Ashok Bhushan's 2019 judgment that the city government has no power over the issue of services. The constitution bench was set up to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and the Natioܫnal Capital Territory government ov﷽er control of services in Delhi.
(With inputs from PTI)
