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“We don’t want to rush this time. We will send the draft (of the bill) to the centre first. Some changes have been made to the draft presented in 2014,” a Delhi government official told IANS, requesting anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to the media.

Mr. Kejriwal had resigned last February when both the Congress and the BJP had opposed the tabling of the Bill, terming this “unconstitutional” as it was not vetted by the centre.

This time around, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung are engaged in a bitter row over the transfer of bureaucrats, with the matter reaching President Pranab Mukherjee, the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court.

Mr. Jung had objected to the tabling of the previous Bill, saying it contravened constitutional procedures.

Thus, the AAP’s present move is being seen by political observers as a means to resolve the dispute over transfers and shake hands with Jung.

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