Party expects comfortable numbers to give it cushion on tricky issues like delimitation, simultaneous polls; leaders say will not mean a change in course on Kashi, Mathura, or Constitution
It was passed by Rajya Sabha on August 7 and Lok Sabha on August 3 amid protests by the Opposition. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had asserted in Parliament that it does not violate the Supreme Court order.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal also wrote to other Opposition leaders, including Nitish Kumar, Uddhav Thackeray, Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, etc., thanking them for their support against the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill.