Carve out New Delhi, give full statehood to Delhi: CPI

Veteran Communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy said today that New Delhi should be carved out and the remaining areas of Delhi be given full statehood.

"We want New Delhi to be carved out of Delhi where central government offices, central government paraphernalia are there...that should be kept out, and remaining state should be given full statehood," the CPI General Secretary said.

He was responding to a question on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday exhorting party workers with the slogan 'L-G, Delhi Chodo' (L-G, Quit Delhi), as the ruling Aam Aadmi Party announced a city-wide campaign for full statehood to Delhi.

The CPI(M) also supported the full statehood demand for Delhi.

CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat said the present setup where Delhi is ruled by the L-G, a bureaucrat appointed by the central government is "extremely undemocratic."