More regional parties have expressed their support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's protest against the with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) being the latest.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed solidarity with the "elected" Delhi government.
"The trend of using the Governor's office for political benefits of the ruling party at the centre, goes against the spirit of the Constitution," he said in a statement.
Kejriwal's protest has already been backed by West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Bihar's Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, along with former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, and actors-turned-politicians Kamal Hassan and Shatrughan Sinha.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Party of India were also supporting Kejriwal.
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