Live: AAP will win trust vote, says Anna Hazare

4.17 pm: AAP will win trust vote, says Anna Hazare

Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare has expressed his confidence over AAP winning the trust vote in Delhi.

Zee News reported him as saying, "I am confident that theArvind Kejriwal-led AAP Government will win the trust vote. If the Congress withdraws support, it will send a wrong message."

3:20 pm: Water scheme will make water costlier for Delhi, says Lovely

The Congress may have backed the AAP for the confidence vote but it doesn't mean they won't criticise them.

"You water scheme instead of making things cheaper for the poor will instead make it costlier," Lovely said.

He also claimed that the AAP's waiver on power charges was no different from what the Congress had done when it was in power.

3:10 pm: Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely backs AAP, says BJP will always remain in opposition

Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely said that the Congress will back the AAP government because it has promised to fight against corruption.

He also took the opportunity to mock the BJP and said that despite various claims they were never able to come to power in the national capital.

"We have been hearing that you will form the government for years now but you are still in the opposition," he said.

The Congress leader said that they had backed the AAP only because they believed the party had received the mandate of the people and they didn't want the people of Delhi to go through another election.

3:00 pm: BJP says it will not back AAP in confidence vote

After criticism of the AAP and its policies, Harsh Vardhan concluded that the BJP would definitely not back the AAP in its confidence vote.

"We have decided we cannot support such a government," Harsh Vardhan said.

2:50 pm:Have you been getting foreign funding, Harsh Vardhan asks Kejriwal

Harsh Vardhan's not saying anything new but he's still going after the AAP.

The BJP's chief ministerial candidate raised questions over foreign funding that the NGOs run by Kejriwal and Sisodia might have received.

"The Delhi government talks of probing allegations against others but will it probe these allegations against its own leaders," he said.

He also raised questions over the functioning of the AAP's flagship water scheme in the capital.

He did a basic calculation of how much water would be used in a Delhi home and said,"The situation will soon arise that people would prefer to use their friend's toilets in order to prevent over shooting their household water limit."

"If you really wanted to spare Delhi residents the burden then why have you raised water tariffs?" the BJP leader said.

2:35 pm: BJP takes umbrage to AAP's interruption

Manish Sisodia objected to a point on Kashmir made by Harsh Vardhan and was promptly shouted down by the BJP MLAs. Kejriwal has remained silent and despite Sisodia's apology there is no calm in the Assembly. After a brief interruption, Harsh Vardhan continued.

2:20 pm: BJP attacks AAP for taking Congress support

Manish Sisodia has moved the confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly but not before speaking about how they plan to take care of various groups, including farmers in Delhi.

He also gave a brief list of what the party planned to achieve during its term in power.

BJP's Harsh Vardhan started by congratulating the AAP on its victory and spoke about how the Congress had failed to achieve anything in the Delhi elections.

But then he attacked the AAP Chief Minister saying that he had initially slammed the Congress but now was taking their support to form the government.

"Kejriwal has joined hands with those whom he earlier promised to send behind bars," he said.

"It's strange that the party that got maximum votes is sitiing in the opposition," he said.

He also attacks the AAP chief minister for not taking any personal security and pointed out that despite Kejriwal resorting to taking public transport, the number of police personnel who had to guard him hadn't reduced.

"It is not a very great thing to travel by the metro," Harsh Vardhan said.

2:00 pm: Delhi Assembly in disarray as proceedings begin

The BJP's MLAs are currently on their feet in the Assembly and are disrupting proceedings on the grounds that AAP legislators were wearing the party caps into the Delhi Assembly.

Calm was finally restored and AAP's Manish Sisodia is on his feet and is listing why the party came to power and what they have promised the people.

1:45 pm: Delhi confidence vote only at 5 pm

The confidence vote will now take place at 5 pm, reports CNN-IBN.

1:15 pm: We promised ourselves no toilet humour but...

Arvind Kejriwal to face confidence motion today. After two-three days of no confidence in his motion.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) January 2, 2014

 

1:00 pm: We have no fear, says Kejriwal

Perhaps an hour ahead of the crucial confidence vote, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that the party isn't worried about the confidence vote in the Delhi Assembly.

"We have the people's faith, we have no fear," Kejriwal said before he left for the Delhi Assembly.

10:45 am: BJP endorses Jagdish Mukhi for speaker's post

After initially refusing to take up the post of the Speaker in the Delhi Assembly, the BJP has finally endorsed one of its own to file his nomination for the post.

Jagdish Mukhi, who has served as the leader of the Opposition, had earlier refused the post of pro-tem speaker when offered it by the Lieutenant Governor.

However, he today said that the BJP has endorsed his candidature for the post of Speaker and has filed his nomination papers. Does this mean the BJP is finally reconciled to a long term of the AAP government?

9:30 am: Kejriwal to face crucial vote of confidence in Delhi Assembly today

Kejriwal may have started his term as chief minister with major announcements concerning water and power, but today will decide how much longer his term will last.

Delhi's chief minister and his government will face a crucial vote of confidence in the Delhi Assembly today and is largely expected to sail through thanks to support from the Congress.

The AAP has 28 MLAs and is expected to be backed by the 8 MLAs of the Congress, the lone Janata Dal (United) and independent MLA Rambir Shokeen.

While the AAP isn't banking on the backing of the Congress, the latter has said that it will be backing its rival to remain the party in power.

Will Kejriwal get the backing he needs in the Delhi Assembly? PTI

"The Congress MLAs will support the confidence motion to be moved by the AAP government and this support extends to the election of the speaker also," Shakeel Ahmed, who is charge of the Congress in Delhi, told the Hindustan Times.

Another Congress leader said that no dissidence would be tolerated and they would even issue a whip if required to all MLAs to ensure they toed the party's line.

The Assembly session is expected to start at 2 pm and the vote, which is expected to be a voice vote, will be conducted any time between 2 pm and 6 pm.