Sheila Dikshit said she fails to understand the motives of CM Arvind Kejriwal who have decided to go on an indefinite hunger strike from March 1.

Delhi Congress chief and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit said she fails to understand the motives of CM Arvind Kejriwal who have decided to go on an indefinite hunger strike from March 1 to demand full statehood.

The former CM said she doesn't understand why Arvind Kejriwal is putting pressure on the Centre now to grant full statehood to Delhi as "only a Parliament session can change the constitution and no session will be held now". "Only a Parliament session can change the Constitution for Delhi to be accorded full statehood and no Parliament session will be held now, so why is he doing this? I don't understand," Sheila Dikshit was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Sheila Dikshit on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to sit on an indefinite hunger strike: Only a Parliament session can change the constitution for Delhi to be accorded full statehood and no parliament session will be held now, so why is he doing this? I don't understand pic.twitter.com/0RSyzzPseM ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2019

Earlier on Saturday (February 23), Arvind Kejriwal said a movement will be launched to make Delhi a full state and he will go on an indefinite hunger strike from March 1.

"From March 1, we will launch the movement to make Delhi a full state and we will not end it till Delhi gets full statehood," Kejriwal said.

"Democracy has been implemented in entire nation, but not Delhi. Public votes and selects a government, but the government has no power. So we are starting a movement on March 1 and I will sit on indefinite fast for the full statehood of Delhi," Kejriwal said.

Meanwhile, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the ruling party in Telangana who had earlier been at the forefront of demanding agitation for the state, said it doesn't support Kejriwal's dharna.

"TRS has always been for the rise of federalism. We believe that states should be given more power but the situation pertaining to Delhi, the national capital, is unique and big issues like this should be discussed at length in Parliament and then a decision has to be taken. Dharnas are not the way in which this should be done," TRS spokesperson Abid Rasool Khan said.