Ready to extend session to pass Jan Lokpal Bill: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tonight said his government plans to introduce Jan Lokpal Bill in the Assembly tomorrow and renewed his threat of resigning if the proposed legislation was defeated by Congress and BJP.
He said the AAP government was ready to extend the session by a few days beyond February 16 to try and ensure passage of the bill but he will have no option but to quit if it was defeated.
When asked whether he may quit if the Bill was not allowed to be tabled, Kejriwal said in that case government will try to introduce in the next few days and may even go for extending the session.

"We are ready to extend the session. We are not here to save the government. We will table the bill tomorrow. If they allow then it is okay, otherwise I will resign," he told reporters.
"We are committed to Jan Lokpal Bill and Swaraj Bill and I am ready to sacrifice CM's chair 100 times to remove corruption from India," he said.
Kejriwal also said it may not be possible to hold a session of the assembly at a large stadium on Sunday as planned earlier.

He also accused Congress and BJP of joining hands in not allowing the assembly to transact business demanding resignation of Law Minister Somnath Bharti's alleged role in a raid episode in South Delhi.

"I don't think this had happened in the history of India in any legislative assembly where BJP and Congress came together. They have exposed themselves," said Kejriwal.
"The way they were charging at me, I thought they were coming to beat me up. They broke the mike in front of my seat and tore papers. They also broke speaker's two mikes. Similar things happened in the Parliament today. I was thinking is it democracy. This is anything but democracy," he said.
The first day of a special session of Assembly witnessed unprecedented chaotic scenes as BJP and Congress MLAs joined hands in disrupting proceedings by throwing files, destroying mikes, flagging banners and trooping to the well demanding Bharti's resignation.

"We were ready for a discussion on the issue relating to Bharti. When we agreed to that they asked Bharti's resignation. Basically they were changing their goal posts," the chief minister said.