Supreme Court ruling 'not a vindication' for AAP: Sheila Dikshit

The Supreme Court ruling that Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal is bound by the government's advice was "not a vindication" for the Aam Admi Party (AAP), said former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

She said this has always been the case and that her government may have had differences with the L-G, but there was never any "tussle".

"We may have had differences. When the differences came out, after talking to each other we sorted out those differences," Dikshit, who was the chief minister of Delhi from 1998-2013, said.

"We also ran a government for 15 years and whatever the Cabinet decided, the L-G used to always agree to that. The L-G has total control over land and law and order, but beyond that, he goes through the advice of the Cabinet," Dikshit said.

"I don't see why it (the matter) should go to the court. There is a constitutional provision, Article 239 (AA) in the Constitution.. it says the Union territory, it is all clearly laid down then what is the conflict about.

"If you want to change that then go to Parliament and say that you want these changes," the three-term chief minister said. She said that there was no confrontation when she was the chief minister and her government worked with four or five different L-Gs.

"Our first job was to govern and not have confrontations," Dikshit said.

In her days just like the AAP, Dikshit had also raised the demand for full statehood but she said that has to be decided by Parliament.