131 in favour, 102 against: Rajya Sabha clears Delhi Services Bill with help from BJD, YSRCP

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Parliament on Monday passed the prickly Delhi Services Bill, which seeks to give the Lieutenant Governor control over bureaucrats in the Aam Aadmi Party government. The Bill to replace the Ordinance brought earlier by the Centre will now be sent to President Murmu to be signed into law. After a debate spanning eight hours, the Bill cleared its last legialative test in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

The draft legislation on the control of services in the national capital was passed by a comfortable majority after being taken up for consideration by the Upper House. The Parliament on Monday passed the Bill that empowers the Lieutenant Governor to control Group A services in Delhi, including on matters relating to appointments, transfers and postings. The Bill was passed after a division in which 131 MPs voted in favour of the legislation and 102 against it.

Amid a discussion on the Delhi Services Bill in the Rajya Sabha ahead of its passage, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday lashed out at the Congress, reminding them that the government was not making amendments to the Constitution to «impose (another) Emergency» in the country. «We are making amendments to the Constitution but they are not for imposing another Emergency. The Congress has no right to speak on democracy,» Amit Shah said during his reply amid the debate on NCTD (Amendment) Bill in the Upper House on Monday.