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00:00The BJP-led government at the centre in India has got the support of some key regional parties
00:09for a controversial bill that it seeks to pass in parliament, which would essentially
00:13clip the wings of the elected government in Delhi.
00:17Under that bill, there are two senior bureaucrats that could actually overrule Delhi's chief
00:21minister on crucial decisions.
00:23And that's the reason why the Aam Aadmi Party, led by Arvind Kejriwal, has been strongly
00:28pushing for support in the opposition camp on this bill, on the principle that this
00:33is not something that just concerns Delhi, but actually sets a very worrying precedent
00:38for other parts of the country as well.
00:40It does in the end undermine the spirit of federalism.
00:44But surprisingly, regional parties like Naveen Patnaik's BJD and Jagan Reddy's YSRCP, along
00:50with Chandrababu Naidu's TDP, have all announced that they're going to support the BJP-led
00:55government on this.
00:56It's particularly surprising from parties from Andhra Pradesh, like Jagan Reddy and
01:01Chandrababu Naidu, who had made federalism such a big political plank in the past for
01:06Andhra Pradesh.
01:07Today, they've completely reversed that position.
01:10In the end, how these parties take a stand on this bill is important because its ramifications
01:16are not just for Delhi.