9:35 am: Delhi BJP to meet at 11 am
A day after Arvind Kejriwal and AAP Cabinet resigned, BJP's Delhi unit will meet at 11:00 am today to decide on future course of action.
8:00 am: Lt Governor to submit reportDelhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung is expected to submit his report to the Centre on Saturday on the follow up action in the wake of resignation of the Aam Aadmi Party government here led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Jung is expected to forward his report to President Pranab Mukherjee through the Union Home Ministry for final decision on whether to bring the national capital under a spell of central rule or dissolve the House for holding elections along with Lok Sabha polls as recommended by the outgoing Cabinet.
The Lt Governor will send a "factual report" along with resignation of the Government and the Cabinet's recommendation.
< p>7:00 am: MHA to send Kejriwal's resignation letter to PresidentThe Union Home Ministry is expected to forward the resignation letter of Kejriwal for acceptance to the President Pranab Mukherjee today when it will receive it from the city Lieutenant Governor.
Sources said that LG Najeeb Jung is likely to send Kejriwal's resignation letter to the Home Ministry for further action.
Kejriwal, AAP Cabinet quit
Forty-nine days after he took charge of a minority Delhi government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his entire Cabinet resigned on Friday following a tumultuous day in the Assembly where combined Congress and BJP MLAs "defeated" his attempts to introduce Jan Lokpal Bill aimed at curbing corruption in high places.
After resigning from his post, Kejriwal made a scathing attack on the Congress and the BJP, accusing them of playing into the hands of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, against whom his Aam Aadmi Part y government had filed a criminal case two days ago over a gas pricing row.
After resigning Kejriwal recommended dissolution of the assembly and holding of fresh polls.
Straight from the cabinet meeting, 45-year-old Kejriwal, who came to power riding tghe crest of an anti-graft movement and was called an anarchist for his street protest as CM, drove to the AAP headquarters in Central Delhi, three kilometres away from the Secretariat and addressed his supporters in pouring rain when he announced his resignation.
First Published: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 09:30
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