Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Former cop Kiran Bedi took a dig at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for threatening to quit if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed by the Assembly.
Bedi posted on the micro-blogging site Twitter - “I wonder if the Delhi Lokayukta Bill is drafted to be passed? Or was it to cause major confrontation to walk away while blaming many others!”
I wonder if the Delhi Lokayukta bill is drafted to be passed?Or was it to cause major confrontation to walk away while blaming many others!
— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) February 9, 2014
Upping the ante Kejriwal tonight threatened to resign if the bill was not passed by the Delhi Assembly due to lack of support from other parties.
A day after he told PTI that he can "go to any extent" over the "huge" issue of corruption, Kejriwal said he does not have the right to stay in office if the contentious legislation does not get the approval of the Assembly.
The Bill is opposed both by the Congress as well as the Opposition BJP. “To remove corruption from the country, can sacrifice CM seat a hundred times," Kejriwal said, adding the "Government will fall if the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Swaraj Bill is not passed."
Kejriwal-led AAP government has 27 MLAs in the Delhi Assembly. Earlier they had 28 but MLA Vinod Kumar Binny was recently expelled from the party. He later withdrew support to the AAP government. The Congress with 08 MLAs in the 70-member House is supporting the AAP from outside.
With PTI inputs
