Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should first read the Constitution and then approach the Prime Minister and Parliament for full statehood to Delhi, Congress leader Sheila Dikshit said on Friday, criticising the AAP’s ministers for staging a sit-in at the Lieutenant Governor’s office.

Dikshit said the role of the Delhi Lt Governor and the Chief Minister is defined in the Constitution and wondered why AAP leaders were protesting at L-G Anil Baijal’s office since Monday. “What is his (Kejriwal’s) intention behind it?”

At a press conference, the three-time Delhi chief minister said she feels “ashamed” that a Chief Minister is releasing photos sitting on a protest at the L-G’s office.

Contrasting her governance with that of the Aam Aadmi Party, she said the BJP ruled at the Centre when she became the Delhi chief minister in 1998 and there was no conflict between them.

She said the Congress also demanded full statehood for Delhi, but it never politicised the issue.

She said Kejriwal must understand that Delhi is a Union Territory and he is wrong if he thinks he can have a governance model like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

“He should first read the Constitution. If he thinks that there is a need to make amendments to the Constitution, he should approach Modi ji and Parliament,” she said.

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said the AAP and the BJP were doing “dharna politics” as they are “not serious” about public issues such as water shortage.

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