Legislative Assembly
National Capital Territory of Delhi

“The Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi having its sitting in Delhi on 21 March 2023 with presentation of Annual Financial Statement as the sole item on agenda for the days, resolves that: Taking note of the fact that a conspiracy has been hatched to thwart the welfarist agenda of the elected Government of NCT of Delhi by way of derailing the budgetary allocations for health, education and other pro-people measures; Taking further note of the fact that the Chief Secretary, the Finance Secretary and other officers concerned have, willingly suppressed the relevant communications, in collusion with the office of Hon’ble LG and the Government of India so as to create financial crisis in the National Capital and to portray it as a failure of elected Government; Expressing serious concern about the way the Government of India is resorting to vindictive action against more than 2 crore people of Delhi for the simple reason that they chose to elect a pro-people Government; Alarmed with the incongruity in the Transaction of Business Rules which runs contrary to the extant Statutes and the Constitutional provisions as well as the judgment delivered by the Constitution Bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Government of NCT of Delhi v. Union of India & Anr. dated 04 July 2018; Dismayed with the fact that the Annual Financial Statement (Budget), which is universally acknowledged as a secret document till it is presented to the Members of the Legislature on the floor of the House for their scrutiny and approval, is subjected to prior scrutiny by the lowest of functionaries of the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Government of India, which practice is wholly unconstitutional and unlawful; Calls upon every citizen of Delhi and the country to understand the machinations of the anti-people forces operating through Central Government; Condemns in no uncertain terms the high handedness unleashed by the Government of India against 2 crore people of Delhi which is unconstitutional, illegal and undemocratic; Recommends that the Transaction of Business Rules be amended to remove the unconstitutional and unlawful restrictions imposed on the elected Government through gross illegality and to adhere to the Constitutional provisions that empower the elected Government, as upheld by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India; and Resolves that the conduct and role of the Chief Secretary (Delhi), Principal Secretary (Finance) and others in the delay in scheduled presentation of Budget to the Legislative Assembly, be referred to the Committee of Privileges for detailed examination and report.”