New Delhi: The convener of Aam Aadmi Party and Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal had threatened to quit the government if the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the Delhi state assembly.
While giving interview to a news channel, Arvind Kejriwal said that the Bill provides for an anti-graft ombudsman will be tabled in the assembly on February 13.
He said, “Jan Lokpal Bill is more important than the government’s survival… Delhi government will fall if there’s no Jan Lokpal.”
Meanwhile Congress has also accused Delhi CM of looking for an escape route as he had failed to deliver on his promises to voters before the Delhi election.
Congress spokesperson Amrita Dhawan said, “Congress is ready for a debate on Jan Lokpal, but it won’t accept the Bill in an unconstitutional way.”
The opposition BJP made it clear that they would not let Mr Kejriwal take an easy out.
BJP leader Harsh Vardhan tweeted, “Arvind Kejriwal ji U have made such a hue and cry about Jan Lokpal everywhere but have not sent a copy to members of assembly .Stop DRAMA. BJP has never opposed the Jan Lokpal bill but the way political drama is being enacted by Kejriwal by insulting constitution and the laws (sic).”
The latest conflict between the Centre and the AAP government followed a legal opinion by Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung that the Home Ministry must clear Kejriwal’s Bill before it is debated and voted upon by the Delhi legislature, because the Lokpal will be funded partly by the central government and a similar national law has been enacted recently.
Arvind Kejriwal had also accused the Lieutenant Governor of taking his cues from the central government to stall the Jan Lokpal bill, and warned he would “go to any extent” to pass the Bill that was the centrepiece of his anti-corruption campaign that won a massive thumbs up from Delhi’s voters.
Bureau Report
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