Chief ministers of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala on Saturday, 16 June rallied behind their Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who has been protesting at the Raj Niwas for six consecutive days demanding that the "strike" by bureaucrats in the city be called off.
At the press conference at Kejriwal's residence, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan asked the Centre to resolve the "crisis" immediately.
The open support to Kejriwal by the four chief ministers assume significance as it comes amidst efforts by leading Opposition parties to stitch together a rainbow coalition ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.