{"id":32108,"date":"2014-02-08T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T05:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=32108"},"modified":"2014-02-08T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T05:22:08","slug":"kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill","title":{"rendered":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\/bb-39\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32109\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\/bb-39\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"318,159\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32109 alignright\" alt=\"bb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/bb2-150x75.jpg?resize=150%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Delhi&#8217;s AAP government and the Congress, which props it up, Friday seemed headed for a showdown over the Jan Lokpal bill, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying the central government&#8217;s okay was not needed to get it passed in the Delhi assembly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Congress reiterated that it would not support the bill as it was &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; while the BJP also came out against it, saying the AAP government was trying to push it &#8220;in an unconstitutional manner&#8221;. The AAP has 27 members in the 70-seat Delhi assembly besides the support of an independent and a Janata Dal-United legislator.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Minus the backing of the eight Congress legislators, the anti-graft bill can&#8217;t become law. The differences between the AAP government and the Congress came out in the open after the Solicitor General reportedly told Lt Governor Najeeb Jung that the bill needed to be referred to the central government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A fuming Kejriwal told Jung in a communication that was released to the media that there was no such constitutional requirement and that Jung must heed the constitution, not the central government. Kejriwal wants to pass the bill at a special session of the assembly at a larger venue &#8211; which itself has become a matter of dispute between various political parties.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In his three-page letter, the AAP founder urged Jung not to bow to pressures from the central government which he said were aimed at killing what is stated to be a tough anti-corruption legislation. He said the AAP government had been told by former Punjab and Haryana High Court chief justice Mukul Mudgal and lawyers P.V. Kapur, K.N. Bhatt and Pinaki Misra that the bill didn&#8217;t need the central government&#8217;s nod.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I am aware that there is tremendous pressure on you from the Congress and the home ministry,&#8221; Kejriwal said. &#8220;They know that if the bill is passed, many of them will be jailed,&#8221; he added, without naming the Congress. &#8220;You have taken oath to be loyal to the constitution, not any party or the home ministry. Don&#8217;t let the constitution die.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The chief minister described an &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; a home ministry fiat asking the Delhi government to take permission from the central government to introduce a bill in the Delhi assembly. &#8220;If the central government&#8217;s permission is to be taken every time a bill has to be passed in the Delhi assembly, then what was the need to hold an election in Delhi?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Jan Lokpal bill is a pet theme of Kejriwal and the AAP, which was born following an anti-corruption campaign of social activist Anna Hazare. The Congress Friday hit out at the AAP government, saying while it was for the bill, it would not support anything unconstitutional. Arvinder Singh Lovely, president of the Congress in Delhi, said: &#8220;We support a strong Lokpal bill but will not support this unconstitutional bill&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This government needs to work as per the constitution.&#8221; The Congress also attacked AAP after its leader Ashutosh called Jung &#8220;a Congress agent&#8221;. &#8220;By questioning those holding constitutional posts, the AAP is showing its mentality,&#8221; Lovely said. &#8220;This has never happened before.&#8221; Bharatiya Janata Party state president Vijay Goel accused the AAP of &#8220;pushing Jan Lokpal in an unconstitutional manner (to create) anarchy&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said there was already a Lokayukta in Delhi and a Lokpal bill had been passed by parliament. &#8220;There is no need for the AAP government to push for the Jan Lokpal bill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi&#8217;s AAP government and the Congress, which props it up, Friday seemed headed for a showdown over the Jan Lokpal bill, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying the central government&#8217;s okay was not needed to get it passed in the Delhi assembly. The Congress reiterated that it would not support the bill as it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":32109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[27765,27359,27766,4929,27768,27767,27769,26025,47765,47774,47775,23371],"class_list":["post-32108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-congress-heading-for-showdown-on-lokpal-bill","tag-delhi-chief-minister-arvind-kejriwal","tag-former-court-chief-justice-mukul-mudgal","tag-jan-lokpal-bill","tag-k-n-bhatt","tag-lawyer-p-v-kapur","tag-lawyer-pinaki-misra","tag-lt-governor-najeeb-jung","tag-news","tag-todays-news","tag-todays-top-news","tag-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-08T05:22:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-02-08T05:22:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"318\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"159\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc\"},\"headline\":\"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-08T05:22:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-02-08T05:22:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\"},\"wordCount\":586,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill\",\"Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal\",\"former Court chief justice Mukul Mudgal\",\"Jan Lokpal bill\",\"K.N. Bhatt\",\"lawyer P.V. Kapur\",\"lawyer Pinaki Misra\",\"Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung\",\"news\",\"todays news\",\"todays top news\",\"Top news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\",\"name\":\"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-08T05:22:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-02-08T05:22:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1\",\"width\":318,\"height\":159},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legalnews\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?","description":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?","og_description":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2014-02-08T05:22:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-02-08T05:22:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":318,"height":159,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc"},"headline":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?","datePublished":"2014-02-08T05:22:06+00:00","dateModified":"2014-02-08T05:22:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill"},"wordCount":586,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1","keywords":["Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill","Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal","former Court chief justice Mukul Mudgal","Jan Lokpal bill","K.N. Bhatt","lawyer P.V. Kapur","lawyer Pinaki Misra","Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung","news","todays news","todays top news","Top news"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill","name":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1","datePublished":"2014-02-08T05:22:06+00:00","dateModified":"2014-02-08T05:22:08+00:00","description":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1","width":318,"height":159},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kejriwal-congress-heading-showdown-lokpal-bill#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Kejriwal, Congress heading for showdown on Lokpal bill?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.in"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legalnews"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/bb2.jpg?fit=318%2C159&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31127,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/governments-lokpal-bill-strong-aap","url_meta":{"origin":32108,"position":0},"title":"Government&#8217;s Lokpal bill not strong: AAP","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday rejected the Lokpal bill under consideration in parliament, saying it was weak and would not prevent corruption, but work instead to \"protect the corrupt\". \"This Lokpal bill does not provide for formation of Lokayuktas, there is no provision for whistle blower protection, and it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"aa","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/aa3-150x112.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":32158,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hold-assembly-session-outside-asks-delhi-hc","url_meta":{"origin":32108,"position":1},"title":"Why hold assembly session outside, asks Delhi HC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government to inform it about any provision in law that allows the government to hold an assembly session outside its designated place. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul, hearing a plea against the proposal to hold a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"kejriwal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/kejriwal-150x90.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31525,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-delhi-hc-kejriwal-false-promises","url_meta":{"origin":32108,"position":2},"title":"Plea in Delhi HC against Kejriwal over false promises","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"January 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The case is likely to come for hearing on January 8 before a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana. The PIL was filed by advocate ML Sharma against the Chief Minister, Education Minister Manish Sisodia and the Aam Aadmi Party. It alleged that they misled Delhi citizens by making\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"cc","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cc-150x112.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31180,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bring-pm-lokpal-says-ravi-shankar-prasad","url_meta":{"origin":32108,"position":3},"title":"Bring PM under Lokpal, says Ravi Shankar Prasad","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the prime minister should be brought under the Lokpal bill while supporting the anti-graft legislation. \u201cThe prime minister should come under it,\u201d BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said while speaking during a debate on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha. \u201cFormer prime\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"gg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gg1-150x119.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9872,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pm-initiated-mechanism-for-talks-on-lokpal-bill-soni","url_meta":{"origin":32108,"position":4},"title":"PM initiated mechanism for talks on Lokpal bill: Soni","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had initiated a mechanism to consider suggestions from civil society activists on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said Wednesday. Replying to queries about social activist Anna Hazare\u2019s indefinite fast for a stronger and more comprehensive Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption, Soni\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Ambika-Soni.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9825,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/anna-hazare-plans-fast-unto-death-for-strong-lokpal-bil","url_meta":{"origin":32108,"position":5},"title":"Anna Hazare plans fast unto death for strong Lokpal bil","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Veteran social activist Anna Hazare Monday said he is starting a \"fast unto death\" to press for the demand to involve civil society in formulation of the anti-graft Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill. \"I will fast unto death, as announced earlier, as the prime minister has refused to form a joint committee\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Veteran-social-activist-Anna-Hazare.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-8lS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}