3 months ago
1
The Delhi Assembly has again sought documents related to an FIR registered by the Punjab constabulary successful transportation with the alleged doctored video clip of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) person Atishi that was posted connected X by Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra.
The Assembly Secretariat connected Friday wrote to the Punjab Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Director General of Police, Punjab, and the Police Commissioner of Jalandhar, seeking their replies by February 20. Their replies and papers copies were earlier sought by the Assembly by February 12.
AAP and the BJP person been locked successful a governmental warfare of words implicit alleged comments made by Ms. Atishi successful the Delhi Assembly astir Guru Tegh Bahadur and an alleged doctored video of the incidental shared by Mr. Mishra connected X. The Punjab constabulary connected January 9 had registered an FIR regarding the ‘doctored’ video. The contented was aboriginal referred to the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee and connected the directions of Speaker Vijender Gupta.
In abstracted letters sent connected Friday to each 3 officials, the Assembly Secretary stated that immoderate hold oregon refusal to furnish the accusation and documents sought by the committee would magnitude to a “breach of privilege and contempt”.
Hitting back, AAP questioned the authorization of the committee to question reports from the Punjab police.
Undermining norms
Delhi AAP main Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the BJP had undermined organization norms. “The aforesaid BJP authorities and its L-G ne'er presented adjacent a Delhi Police constable earlier the Privileges Committee nor did they ever reply questions successful the Assembly regarding instrumentality and order. Yet the BJP is present saying that the DGP of Punjab Police should look earlier their Privileges Committee,” helium said.
During the Assembly’s Winter Session connected January 7, the BJP sought cancellation of Ms. Atishi’s rank implicit alleged remarks made successful the House a time earlier. AAP alleged that Mr. Mishra had posted an “edited” and “fake” video of Ms. Atishi’s comments connected societal media connected January 8, calling it an “insult to the guru”. The enactment besides demanded Mr. Mishra’s suspension, on with the MLAs who had reposted the clip.
Later, the Speaker said that the archetypal video signaling of the incidental from the Assembly volition beryllium handed implicit to the State Forensic Science Laboratory for examination. However, the video circulated by Mr. Mishra was not sent for forensic introspection by the Assembly.
After the FIR by Punjab Police, a Jalandhar tribunal ordered the removal of the video from societal media platforms past month.
