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Know about Kejriwal's Swaraj Bill for Delhi

New Delhi: Even before the Jan Lokpal Bill is tabled in Delhi Assembly, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party has come up with its Swaraj Bill which, it says, may prove to be the flashpoint

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• Each municipal ward to be divided into maximum of 12 mohallas to be carved out from a residential block, colony or community rather than merging parts of one block, colony or community into others  

• State Election Commission to notify mohalla after seeking public objections and suggestions  

• All registered voters residing in a mohalla are part of mohalla sabha. They make up a general body  

• Homeless, even if non-voters but above 18 years registered with DUSIB or any agency notified by it as ordinary residents of that area are part of mohalla sabha  

• Every five years, boundaries may be amended by commission if a mohalla sabha recommends on basis of two-third majority

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