New Delhi: 2:50 pm: The Delhi Assembly has been adjourned for 20 minutes following uproar as the Speaker refuses to read out L-G's letter on Jan Lokpal Bill in the House.
2:48 pm: There is uproar in the Delhi Assembly as the Opposition has asked the Speaker to read out the L-G's letter on Jan Lokpal Bill, which he refuses to do.
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2:36 pm: The Congress too says there should be a discussion on Somnath Bharti's conduct.
2:32 pm: The BJP says there Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti must quit over the Khirki Extension midnight raid.
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2:28 pm: "We are more dedicated to the Jan Lokpal Bill than AAP. If the Jan Lokpal Bill was not on the agenda of the Assembly, how did we stop it from being tabled," asks Harsh Vardhan. "Fight against corruption is our ideology and purpose of life," he adds.
2:23 pm: BJP leader Harsh Vardhan objects to Kejriwal's allegations that BJP and Congress were together against the Jan Lokpal Bill. He has said that it was the BJP that brought the Lokayukta Bill in Delhi.
2:19 pm: The BJP has accused the AAP government of breaking all rules and norms of the House. "Like Lovely said, we are members of this House for 20 years, Friday is a day of private members bill," said BJP leader Harsh Vardhan.
2:15 pm: "Today the Jan Lokpal Bill is the 5th item in the list of important things on the agenda of the House today. If the Bill is so important then why is it now 5th on the agenda," asks Lovely.
2:13 pm: The Congress too has demanded that the House be suspended. "Even Parliament is not functioning today to mark his anniversary," said Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely.
2:10 pm: The Delhi Assembly Speaker has said, "Sant Ravidas spent his life serving the people, would be good if we mark his birth anniversary by working."
2:01 pm: BJP MLA Ram Singh Bidhuri has served a notice for the suspension of proceedings of the Delhi assembly as it is Sant Ravidas's birth anniversary, a restricted holiday.
1:42 pm: Hitting out at the AAP government, Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely said, "AAP government will find a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for lying. On Thursday, the issue was on Somnath Bharti. Jan Lokpal Bill was not even tabled. Why is the CM misguiding public? The BJP and Congress are not together
1:35 pm: The Congress claims some of its MLAs have not even received the copies of the Jan Lokpal Bill.
1:31 pm: The Congress has said that it will continue supporting the AAP government. "Congress supports Jan Lokpal Bill. Our support to AAP continues but they should bring the Jan Lokpal bill in a Constitutional way," said party leader Arvinder Singh Lovely.
The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi is headed for a make-or-break showdown on Friday. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has written to the Speaker against tabling the Jan Lokpal Bill.
The L-G says that the Jan Lokpal Bill cannot be tabled as it is not approved by the Centre. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the government may take a vote in the Assembly on tabling the Bill. Sources say that if the Kejriwal government loses the vote, he could step down as CM on Friday itself.
"Without the sanction of the L-G, the Bill cannot be tabled. If after getting the L-G's letter also, he does not believe in the Constitution, Kejriwal is behaving like a great dictator. We will decide on the floor of the House. If the government falls, Kejriwal is responsible," said Congress leader Haroon Yusuf.
There were unruly scenes in the Delhi Assembly on Thursday with the Speaker's microphone broken. This came as the Congress and BJP MLAs demanded Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti's resignation. Despite the uproar over the demand, Kejriwal is looking to finally table the Jan Lokpal Bill on Friday.
Neither the Congress nor the BJP are holding back on their opposition to the Bill. "If the Jan Lokpal Bill is brought to the assembly in accordance with the Constitution, we will support the Bill. If the bill is introduced in an unconstitutional way, we will not support it," said BJP leader Harsh Vardhan.
Senior MLA in the Delhi Assembly Shoaib Iqbal too has also said that he thinks that Kejriwal will most likely quit on Friday. Shoaib Iqbal said that the Congress and the BJP have joined hands to defeat the AAP government.
He said, "The Jan Lokpal Bill doesn't matter today. They have snatched the Speaker's power. The Congress and the BJP both will oppose it. I think Arvind Kejriwal will resign today. The AAP doesn't know how to work on the floor, and what else they can do when their Speaker's power is snatched?"
Iqbal, who won on the JDU ticket in the last Assembly polls, is backing the AAP government from outside. He attacked the government saying that the AAP and Arvind Kejriwal are not being able to fulfil the promises. He even termed the Jan Lokpal Bill as unconstitutional.
He said, "I have been supporting the Bill, but seeing the condition I don't know whether I would be able to support it now or not. This was the most shameful day in the history. This is a black day for Delhi."
Meanwhile, a PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the Home Ministry rule that makes its clearance mandatory for tabling the Jan Lokpal Bill.
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