Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to form a government in Delhi through “horse-trading,” an Aam Aadmi Party team, led by party convener Arvind Kejriwal, visited President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday urging him to ensure that the saffron party does not get an invitation from Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung.
“…for the L-G to invite the leader of the BJP to form the government would be an open invitation for horse-trading and would amount to defiling the Constitution...,” said an AAP memorandum to the President. “We therefore request you not to countenance such unconstitutional advice from the Lieutenant-Governor and use your discretion to order the dissolution of the Assembly...”
(With inputs from agencies)
