Taking strong exception to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah's statement that it won't be unethical to seek support to form the government in Delhi, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Sunday said that it was an eloquent testimonial to the ethical standards of the former's party.
Tewari told ANI, "It is a very eloquent testimonial to the ethical standards of the Bharatiya Janata Party that the BJP believes that there is nothing wrong in horse-trading."
"It sends a message to the country that there is a huge difference between what the BJP preaches and what it practices," he added.
Shah, in a televised appearance, earlier said that since the BJP had got the best results in the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, there was nothing immoral if it sought outside support to form the government.
Resisting any attempt by the BJP to form the government in the national capital, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal met President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday urging him to dissolve the Delhi Assembly.
Kejriwal, who met the President along with his colleagues from the Aam Aadmi Party, later told the media that allowing the BJP to form the government in Delhi would be equivalent to murder of democracy.
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He also reiterated that the AAP wants fresh polls in Delhi and the same had been announced by the Congress then how could the BJP be allowed to form the government.
"We have told him (President) that according to media reports it has come to our light that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has sent a report to him (President) about the BJP be allowed to form the government in Delhi. If the BJP is allowed to form the government here then it will be a case of murdering democracy and violation of the Constitution. They do not have the numbers. They will only be able to form the government with help of horse-trading," the AAP chief said.
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"As the situation has become uncertain, we have requested the President to dissolve the assembly and have fresh elections in Delhi to clear the uncertainty," he added.
According to reports, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung had sent a recommendation to the President to invite the BJP, which has the highest numbers in the Delhi Assembly, to form the government in the national capital.
Delhi has been under the President's rule since February 17 this year after Kejriwal resigned as the Chief Minister over the non-introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly.