As the Delhi Services Act was made law after the approval of President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday, BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj hit out at the AAP-led government, calling it incompetent. Bansuri, who is late Sushma Swaraj‘s daughter, said the Arvind Kejriwal-led regime was “jhagdalu” (quarrelsome) and “nikammi'”(useless).

“Since 2015, the AAP government has made excuses for their inefficiency…It is a ‘Jhagdalu’ & ‘Nikammi’ government…I congratulate the President for passing the bill (Delhi Services Bill). Now that the bill is passed, the Delhi administration will work according to the law…

In a press conference on Saturday, Swaraj alleged that AAP’s minister Saurabh Bharadwaj misused the Supreme rder dated May 11 which stated that the Delhi government has the authority to make laws and administer civil services in the national capital.

The BJP leader further said that Bharadwaj not only called for changes to the chief secretary’s offices as soon as July 13, but he also claimed there was theft at the office of the Special Secretary, vigilance department, on July 15-16. She said a law in this regard was imperative as the AAP government was seeking to bring about changes to the Delhi administration.

The Aam Aadmi Party and the Centre have been at loggerheads over the control of Delhi’s administrative powers. The
Centre had issued the Ordinance on May 19, establishing a National Capital Civil Service Authority responsible for the
transfer and disciplinary proceedings of Group-A officers in Delhi. This move came in response to a Supreme Court
verdict on May 11, which granted control of services in the capital, excluding police, public order, and land, to the elected
government.

Swaraj said this law was the need of the hour and that it was important that the Delhi government was held accountable
to the people

After President Murmu’s nod, the Delhi Services Act became a law to replace the contentious Ordinance on controlling
services in the national capital. It drew stiff resistance from several opposition parties.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, in
Lok Sabha on August 1. The Bill was then passed in the Rajya Sabha on August 7. The Bill, granting the central
government authority over bureaucrats in the national capital, was passed in the Upper House with 131 votes in favour
and 102 votes against it

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