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Delhi stalemate: 4 CMs extend support to Kejriwal; all you need to know

West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee, Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka's H.D. Kumaraswamy and Andhra Pradesh's N. Chandrababu Naidu came in support of Delhi CM

AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a convention to mark the party's 5th Foundation Day at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)
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AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a convention to mark the party's 5th Foundation Day at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

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The stalemate in Delhi between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal entered the seventh day on Sunday. 

The AAP government and the bureaucracy have been at loggerheads since the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAs at Kejriwal's residence in February.

Kejriwal alleged that Delhi government officials, who have been boycotting meetings with AAP ministers after the alleged assault on Prakash, are being "threatened" into continuing their strike.
 
He has been protesting at the Raj Niwas, demanding that the "strike" by bureaucrats in the city be called off.  The L-G's office slammed Kejriwal's

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