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Arvind Kejriwal resigns as Delhi Chief Minister; Standoff over Jan Lokpal brought 49 days AAP rule to end
February 14, 2014 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
New Delhi, India (February 14, 2014): As per recent information available with the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation this evening after the much debated Jan Lokpal bill could not be tabled in the Delhi assembly.
Though the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader had declared it as introduced in the assembly amid chaotic scenes, 42 of the 70 MLAs in the assembly voted against it.
Arvind Kejriwal
The stand-off over the jan lokpal bill, an anti-corruption bill drawn up by civil society activists, brought to an end the 49-day rule of the AAP in Delhi.
According to media reports ‘Kejriwal proudly shows off his resignation letter’.
He said that [t]he BJP and the Congress have shamed the Delhi Assembly and Parliament.
“The jan lokpal bill is more important to us than staying in government. We will quit if it is not passed. The government will fall if the jan lokpal and swaraj bills are not passed,” Arvind Kejriwal had said few days back.
The AAP, which had won 28 seats in Delhi in a stunning debut, had formed the government after accepting outside support from the Congress.
Kejriwal’s government had been sworn in on December 28 last year.
Barely 17 months old, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest at least 350 seat in Indian parliamentary elections expected to be held in coming months.
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