Leader of Oppostion Vijender Gupta, accompanied by BJP MLAs OP Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan met LG Najeeb Jung in this regard even as the Delhi Congress said that the ruling party lacks "intentions" to pass the Bill in its "undiluted" form.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken also claimed that the AAP government passed the Bill without any "cabinet note" demanding that the version that was tabled during the previous stint of the ruling party should be adhered to.
The BJP legislators told Jung that the government would introduce "eight important Bills" without his prior approval in the ongoing session of the Delhi Assembly.
"The presentation of Bills without approval of the Lt. Governor is a futile exercise as they become null and void," Gupta added.
Maken held a press conference on the issue flanked by former DPCC chief Arvinder Singh Lovely and senior Congress leader Haroon Yusuf and said that if the government intended to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill, "it would not have waited for nine months and six Assembly sessions."
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is trying to use the Jan Lokpal Bill like a "football". "He has to follow the Transaction of Business rules, and it cannot come in the winter Session without the sanction of the LG," Maken added.
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