File photo: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan during the monsoon session of Parliament.
New Delhi:
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan sees the relationship between the Centre and the Delhi government similar to that of "daughter-in-law" in a "joint family" bearing a "special responsibility".
Addressing a two-day orientation programme for MLAs in Delhi Assembly, Ms Mahajan said "You (MLAs) have bigger responsibilities... about state and the Centre relationship. Federal states, each of them, has its own rights but at times I feel that all assemblies are like daughter-in-laws staying far off their in-laws and hence are independent."
She said that Delhi has special circumstances where "it has to suffer at times", adding "but we have to manage it all understanding our responsibility towards the people of Delhi".
"At times, blaming others is not the solution. How should we do our work successfully, how much should we do and we should talk only that much," she said.
The Delhi government is embroiled in a turf war with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung which it says act as a "Senior BJP leader" and not just a representative of Centre.
Addressing a two-day orientation programme for MLAs in Delhi Assembly, Ms Mahajan said "You (MLAs) have bigger responsibilities... about state and the Centre relationship. Federal states, each of them, has its own rights but at times I feel that all assemblies are like daughter-in-laws staying far off their in-laws and hence are independent."
She said that Delhi has special circumstances where "it has to suffer at times", adding "but we have to manage it all understanding our responsibility towards the people of Delhi".
"At times, blaming others is not the solution. How should we do our work successfully, how much should we do and we should talk only that much," she said.
The Delhi government is embroiled in a turf war with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung which it says act as a "Senior BJP leader" and not just a representative of Centre.
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