Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay said that the proposal of going for a referendum on the issue of full statehood was yet another evidence of the Aam Aadmi Party and its Chief Minister's "anti constitution anarchist nature".
The Delhi CM recently discussed the referendum plan with his cabinet colleagues. The note from the Chief Minister said "Do a referendum in Delhi. Draft a law and create machinery for referendum."
"On many matters, the Centre and states have differed but never has any political party gone to an extent of raising such a non constitutional proposal of a referendum to fulfill political dreams," Upadhyay said.
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