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The Centre has said full statehood rights cannot be given to Delhi, unless there is a general consensus on the issue. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said this while replying to a media query in New Delhi yesterday about the BJP’s views on granting full statehood to Delhi, as promised by the party in the past.
Jaitley, however, noted that the confusion over rights exercised by the Centre and the elected government in Delhi will lead to offices being shut down and to avoid that, the Home Ministry had issued the classificatory notification.
On the ongoing controversy between Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over appointment of officers, he said people of Delhi are waiting for governance by the elected government even after 100 days of being in power.
The Minister said Delhi is a Union Territory and it is under the Centre. But Delhi and Puducherry, which have elected governments have separate arrangements and some constitutional rights have been given to them. He said the rights not given to their elected governments rest with the Centre.