Will oppose President's Rule in Delhi: Congress

IANS  |  New Delhi 

on Friday said his party does not want the elected government of the national capital to be removed and it will oppose any move for

He also said Kejriwal and his ministers were staging a protest at the Lieutenant Governor's office, and BJP leaders' protest at the Chief Minister's Office, were just to divert attention from their failures. He called Kejriwal's protest a "dharna tamasha".

"The will oppose any move of in and it does not want the elected government to be removed," Maken said while replying to a question here in a press conference.

The also urged the (AAP) and the to call off their protests and start working for the development of the city and people.

Terming the protest of the AAP a scripted drama, the former Union said: "The script of this drama was written on February 20, when the was attacked after being called for a midnight meeting."

"They knew the repercussions of this act. And now their protest is in the final stage," he alleged.

"The Congress under the leadership of worked under the same set-up and won three elections by working for development and the people," he said.

"We were in government for 15 years under the same constitutional framework but we did not give such excuses like the AAP government. We were also in power when BJP government was at the Centre from 1998-2003. But we did a lot of work. We did not give excuses like the AAP government," said Maken.

Maken's remarks came after the sit-in protest at Anil Baijal's office by Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues entered the fifth day on Friday.

BJP leaders are also sitting on protest at the Secretariat against the sit-in protest by Kejriwal and his Deputy Chief Manish Sisodia, and Minister The BJP leaders sat on protest on Wednesday.

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First Published: Fri, June 15 2018. 17:24 IST