New Delhi:
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal faced some
sharp criticism on Wednesday over his government's failure to pass the
Jan Lokpal bill despite the Aam Admi Party's brute majority in the
assembly. The same question was raised by the BJP inside the assembly,
and outside by the Congress.#KejriwalWhereIsLokpal shot up to become a top trend on twitter, hours before the Delhi assembly session began this afternoon.
As #KejriwalWhereIsLokpal trended for long hours on Twitter, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's political rivals also demanded to know why his government has failed to pass the Jan Lokpal bill despite his party's majority.
The Jan Lokpal bill, which provides for a strong anti-corruption ombudsman, was one of the main election planks of Mr Kejriwal's party for the February assembly elections. But it is not among the six bills listed for passage in the current session of the assembly, though the AAP government has said it will be brought in this session, which ends next week.
Ajay Maken, Delhi Congress chief noted on Twitter,
Outside the Delhi assembly Mr Maken, whose party did not win a single seat in the February elections swept by AAP, led a demonstration to protest against "AAP government's failure" to bring the Jan Lokpal Bill.
In the House, the opposition, made up of three BJP lawmakers, said, "Jiske liye sarkar chhodi, wahi bill nahi aaya hai (the bill for which Mr Kejriwal resigned from government, hasn't come)", in a reference to Mr Kejriwal's first stint that began in December 2013 and lasted 49 days.
But it was on Twitter, a platform Mr Kejriwal uses regularly, that he drew the most scathing criticism.
Soon the BJP's supporters joined in.
TrustBJP that counts Prime Minister Narendra Modi among its followers tweeted,
So did, the BJP president's fans
Story First Published: November 18, 2015 16:45 IST
