New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party today suffered a huge setback in its fight against the Delhi services bill as Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal’s support to the Centre has assured the bill will comfortably sail through the half-way mark in the Parliament. Sources said the BJD will also oppose the no-confidence motion moved by opposition bloc INDIA against the BJP-led Centre.
The decision of Odisha’s ruling party, which has nine MPs in Rajya Sabha, will help the government cross the halfway mark in the upper house, where the BJP-led NDA does not have full majority on its own.
YSR Congress Party of Jagan Reddy, which has nine members in Rajya Sabha and 22 in Lok Sabha, has already announced its support to the government on the critical bill.
