Jan Lokpal Bill not introduced in Assembly, rules Delhi Speaker (Update)

The Delhi Assembly Speaker M.S. Dhir on Friday announced that the Jan Lokpal Bill has not been introduced in the House.

"42 MLAs are against and 27 are for it, so Jan Lokpal Bill is not being introduced," said Dhir after voting took place for the introduction of the bill.

Meanwhile, the Assembly continued to witness protests by the Opposition who repeatedly entered the well of the House to object to the manner in which the Bill was being tabled.

Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had tabled the bill in the Assembly despite the objection of the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's letter to Speaker M.S. Dhir saying the bill does not have his approval on it.

Jung had written to the Delhi Speaker, saying that the Jan Lokpal Bill cannot be tabled in the Assembly, as it does not have his approval on it.

After the bill was tabled, Congress MLA's surrounded the Speaker in protest and accused him of being partial towards the AAP.

The House resumed after first adjournment, the Speaker read out the contents of the letter of the L-G in the Assembly. Afterwards, both the BJP and the Congress Party demanded a voting on the letter.

The assembly was adjourned for 30 minutes due to the protest by the Congress and the BJP on the Jan Lokpal Bill.

Both the BJP and the Congress attacked the AAP over the controversy surrounding Law Minister Somnath Bharti and demanded his resignation from the post.

Leader of Opposition Harsh Vardhan requested Speaker M.S. Dhir to read out the contents of the letter written to him by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung earlier today.

The Congress too demanded that the L-G's letter to be read out in the Assembly.

The session has been called for passage of contentious anti-corruption legislation Jan Lokpal Bill and Swaraj Bills proposed by Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government.