New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Atishi on Thursday said AAP MLAs were being stopped from entering the Delhi Assembly premises after being suspended for three days from the proceedings in the House.
Atishi said the BJP was “crossing all limits of dictatorship” after coming to power.
Soon after the House proceedings began on Tuesday, Atishi and other AAP MLAs protested against the alleged removal of B R Ambedkar’s portrait from the CM’s office. Speaker Vijender Gupta suspended the 21 AAP legislators for disrupting Lt Governor V K Saxena’s inaugural address to the newly constituted House.
“The BJP crossed the limits of dictatorship after coming to power. Aam Aadmi Party MLAs were suspended from the House for three days for raising slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’. And today “AAP” MLAs are not even being allowed to enter the Vidhan Sabha premises. This has never happened in the history of the Delhi Legislative Assembly that elected MLAs are not being allowed to enter the Assembly premises,” the former Delhi chief minister said in an X post.
At least 21 AAP MLAs including Atishi were suspended from the Delhi assembly for three days for disrupting Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena’s inaugural address to the newly constituted House on Tuesday.
The proposal for their suspension was moved by Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Verma and passed through a voice vote in the House.
The suspended MLAs will not be allowed to participate in the assembly proceedings on February 27 and 28.
“There will be a discussion on CAG in the House. A ‘diverting attention’ motion has been proposed (by AAP)… The names of members of the assembly who want to speak on CAG are poring in large numbers… The intention behind delaying (CAG report by AAP) was to prevent the truth from reaching the people,” Delhi assembly speaker Vijender Gupta said on Thursday.
