Delhi February 25 (Punjab Khabarnama Bureau): Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday expelled 12 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Atishi and Gopal Rai, for the day from the assembly for raising slogans during Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s address.
Veer Singh Dhingan, Mukesh Ahlawat, Chaudhary Zubair Ahmed, Anil Jha, Vishesh Ravi and Jarnail Singh are among the other AAP leaders expelled from the assembly.
Atishi alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party had disrespected BR Ambedkar by removing his portrait from the chief minister’s office.
“The BJP has shown its true colours by removing Babasaheb Ambedkar’s portrait. Does it believe Modi can replace Babasaheb?” Atishi said at a press conference.
The former chief minister alleged that the BJP-led administration had removed Ambedkar’s portraits from the chief minister’s office in both the Delhi Secretariat and the assembly.
“The BJP has replaced the portrait of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar with that of PM Narendra Modi…Does the BJP think that PM Modi is greater than Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar? When AAP MLAs raised the slogans of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, they were suspended. But when BJP MLAs raised slogans of PM Modi, they did not say anything. This means that the BJP hates Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar,” Atishi told reporters outside the Delhi assembly.
Delhi govt to table CAG reports
The development comes even as the newly formed BJP-led government in Delhi, under chief minister Rekha Gupta, will present 14 reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the second session of the assembly on Tuesday.
The reports are expected to highlight financial irregularities during the previous AAP government.
Summary: Atishi, Gopal Rai, and 10 other AAP MLAs are suspended from the Delhi Assembly during a heated dispute with the CAG over accountability issues.