There was chaos in the Delhi assembly on Thursday over demands for Law Minister Somnath Bharti's sacking
Law Minister Somnath Bharti is to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly at 2 pm today.
But the opposition BJP, as well as the Congress, which provides external support to the AAP government, have both demanded the minister's removal over a series of controversies, including his raid last month in his constituency targeting Ugandan women he alleged were involved in a drugs and sex racket.
The special session was called just to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Swaraj Bill, two pieces of legislation that the Aam Aadmi Party had showcased in its manifesto for the December Delhi election. Tomorrow is its last working day, unless the opposition agrees to extend it to Monday.
Sources have told NDTV that if the session is disrupted for a second day, then the Chief Minister may resign. Mr Kejriwal has said he would quit if his pet proposal, which creates an ombudsman or "Lokpal" to investigate corrupt government officers, is not tabled and passed.
"Unless the Law Minister is sacked, we will not let the House function," BJP leader Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday. The demand has been rejected by Mr Kejriwal and his party.
The Delhi assembly lapsed into chaos on its opening day, with the BJP and the Congress both raising slogans in the house, and some legislators taking to vandalism.
A BJP legislator, RP Singh, placed bangles and lipstick on Mr Bharti's table and a Congress lawmaker walked up to Delhi Speaker MS Dhir, tore up a file at his table and wrenched out his mic. The MLA, Asif Mohammad Khan, also walked to the Chief Minister's seat and tried to rip out his mic.
"The Congress-BJP match-fixing was exposed. I don't think any legislature in the country has seen the BJP and the Congress joining hands this way," said Mr Kejriwal.
"When the BJP was not slogan-shouting, then the Congress took over. When the Congress stopped, the BJP took over. It was coordinated."
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