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New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) The BJP on Monday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party has been deliberately not implementing the Janlokpal Bill and is only “misleading” people over the issue, a party statement said.
However, the AAP in a statement responded that the saffron party was playing politics over the issue of corruption by raising the issue of Lokpal when their own Lieutenant Governor rejected the proposal.
BJP"s Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta in a statement charged the Kejriwal government with “lying” on the Janlokpal Bill and “misleading” people and said that AAP came to power by repeatedly talking about the Janlokpal bill but now they stand exposed before the country as the Bill is not yet implemented.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader claimed that for past seven years despite getting it passed Arvind Kejriwal government did not implement the Janlokpal Bill.
He said that the AAP government claimed on December 4, 2015 it had got the bill passed in state assembly and sent it to Lt Governor. On December 29, 2015 when BJP at a news conference asked for it as to what happened then the AAP replied the same has been sent to Lt Governor for his assent, the statement said.
"An RTI in this regard made it clear that the Lt Governor received file on September 25, 2019 and that was returned to law department on same September 27.