A bill to merge the three municipal corporations in the national capital into a single entity was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25 amid much controversy, with the AAP government moving the Supreme Court. The three corporations are: the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation. They were previously one body but were trifurcated in 2011. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai introduced the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The Bill was introduced a month before the elections to the three municipal corporations, leading Delhi's AAP government to accuse the BJP of delaying the polls fearing defeat. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on March 24 that the AAP would quit politics if the BJP gets MCD elections conducted in a timely manner and wins. Kejriwal alleged that the BJP was cancelling these elections and expressed apprehension that the same method could be used for state and national-level elections too. He added that the BJP claimed that it was the biggest political party in the world, but had got scared by a small party and a small election. He appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with folded hands to protect the Constitution and democracy.
Addressing the media at Delhi Vidhan Sabha, Kejriwal said that it was on this very day that Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged to death by the British. These martyrs had made the supreme sacrifice to bring freedom to this nation. India won independence and made one of the strongest Constitutions in the world. The Constitution gave the public the power to elect governments of its choice, who run it as the people say. But for the last few days, what has transpired because of the BJP was nothing short of a travesty, he said.
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