This Article is From Feb 18, 2016

Delhi Cabinet To Meet President Today Over Law And Order

Delhi Cabinet To Meet President Today Over Law And Order

The AAP government has been demanding that the Centre hand over the control of the Delhi Police.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that he and his cabinet colleagues will meet President Pranab Mukherjee today to the discuss the law and order situation after the violence that followed the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.

"Delhi Cabinet will meet Hon'ble President at 2 pm tomo to discuss Delhi law and order situation (sic)," Mr Kejriwal tweeted.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kejriwal alleged that Delhi Police is "openly flouting" Supreme Court orders. He questioned the instructions Commissioner BS Bassi has from his "bosses" after an attack on Kumar and journalists at Patiala Court premises.

Mr Kejriwal said, "Had Delhi Police been under our control, then those raising slogans against Mother India and pseudo patriots goons would have been in jail. They (Centre) are not able to handle both."

Since the AAP government came to power last year, it has been demanding that the Centre hand over the control of the Delhi Police.

Last week, the AAP government had ordered a magisterial probe into the alleged shouting of anti-India slogans by a group of students at the JNU in Delhi.
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