Will Kejriwal push for full statehood for Delhi?

May 25, 2015 18:09

The Arvind Kejriwal-led government is planning to push for full statehood for Delhi -- a key move in its turf war with the lieutenant governor and against what the party calls "bulldozing' by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government.

The announcement is likely to be made at the public meeting, which has just begun at the central park in Connaught Place where Kejriwal and his ministers will highlight achievements of the 100-day old AAP government.

The party's two-day emergency assembly session that begins on May 26.

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