New Delhi: Holding his desired Jan Lokpal and Swaraj bills more important than any post, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday threatened to resign if the Congress does not support his government in passing the legislation.
Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has 27 members in the 70-member assembly and is propped up by the Congress's eight members and two others, asserted that he did not join politics to become the chief minister.
Answering queries at a function here, he said the central government's permission was not needed to pass the Jan Lokpal bill.
He said his government intended to get Jan Lokpal and Swaraj bills passed in the assembly session, for which dates have already been suggested. The latter aims at decentralisation of power and provides for the formation of empowered "mohalla sabhas".
The two bills would be tabled in the assembly Feb 13, Kejriwal said, adding that his government intended to get the Jan Lokpal bill passed at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Feb 16.
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