New Delhi, Aug 18: With assembly elections round the corner, government today introduced in Lok Sabha a bill to confer statehood on Delhi. The State of Delhi Bill seeks to grant full statehood to the national capital territory with police and public order continuing to remain with the Centre. The bill was introduced in the House by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani. Delhi BJP president Madan Lal Khurana complimented the government for bringing forward the bill saying it had done what the Congress could not do in its 50 years of rule.
This triggered loud protests from the main Opposition party. Bureau Report