Kejriwal to announce draft Bill on statehood this week

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to announce the draft Bill of statehood this week and it will be made public to seek opinion and suggestions from people.

The final draft will be tabled in the coming session of Delhi Assembly and will be then sent to the Centre since statehood is subject to Parliamentary approval. The Parliament needs to amend the NCT act for Statehood to Delhi.  Earlier, the then Home Minister LK Advani had also tabled the Statehood Bill of Delhi in Parliament as Statehood was a poll promise by all parties contesting in Delhi.

It will also open another gateway of confrontation between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Centre as there are already many crucial Bills pending before the MHA that awaits clearance to inaction as law in the Capital.