Kejriwal running away from responsibilities: Parrikar

Attacking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for threatening to quit if Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the state assembly, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the Delhi CM is running away from his duties and does not know how to govern.
"He (Kejriwal) says if not passed, I will leave, resign. This is called Ranchhoddas attitude. If he has guts, he should sit there, fight and get it done. He would have taken three months for it (passing the Jan Lokpal Bill), then I would have given him some credit. He is running away," he told PTI in an interview.

Yesterday, Kejriwal had threatened to resign if his pet anti-graft legislation, the Jan Lokpal Bill, is not passed by the state Assembly due to lack of support from other parties.
He again reiterated the stand today, saying he was ready to sacrifice the Chief Minister's post "thousand times" to ensure "swaraj" and give power to the common people.
However, Parrikar said that "who told you that by resigning, you are going to election again. He does not know the law, he is telling people lies. If he resigns, the state can be put under President's rule and try after 6 month's again. There is legal provision for everything."

On Jan Lokpal Bill, which is opposed by both Congress and BJP, the Goa Chief Minister said that it is a mis-conceived notion that with the proposed law, corruption can be removed and punishment can be delivered immediately.
"No investigation agency, under judicial concept of India, can deliver punishment simultaneously. If you are an investigating agency, you stay an investigating agency and say that this man has done corruption and then, he should be tried in a court of law.
"So when I read in paper that in Jan Lokpal, life imprisonment will be awarded, I am surprised. How can Jan Lokpal define a punishment. Jan Lokpal will not be able to try the person, it has to be done by a court. The moment it goes to court, you know how many years it is going to take," Parrikar said.