New Delhi, Feb 17: President Pranab Mukherjee has imposed President’s decree Delhi and accepted the Arvind Kejriwal government’s resignation, authorities aforesaid Monday.

“The President, on the advice of union cabinet, has obligatory President’s rule in Delhi. The resignation of Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, together with his council of ministers, has been accepted by the President with immediate result,” aforesaid the press release issued by Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung’s workplace Monday.

Official sources aforesaid the assembly will be kept in suspended animation.

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told the Lok Sabha Monday that the President has accepted the advice of the union cabinet for imposition of President’s rule in Delhi.

Shinde also aforesaid that Jan Lokpal bill wanted to be introduced by the Aam Aadmi Party government was a “finance bill” and its introduction required previous approval of the central government as per rules.

Arvind Kejriwal resigned Friday once his party’s efforts to introduce the Jan Lokpal bill aimed at curbing corruption in high places was stalled.

The Kejriwal government, that survived on outside support of the Congress, lasted 49 days.

Jung then wrote to assembly Speaker M.S. Dhir that the Jan Lokpal bill mustn’t be tabled as he has not approved it.