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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationalist convener Arvind Kejriwal and 3 different AAP leaders again failed to look earlier the Committee of Privileges of the Delhi Assembly connected Thursday, which is probing allegations of a “fake phansi-ghar” being constructed connected the premises during the AAP’s tenure.
Speaker Vijender Gupta had alleged that crores of rupees were spent connected the “fake phansi-ghar and its advertisement” by the erstwhile AAP government. Mr. Gupta had referred the substance to the Committee of Privileges for inquiry, which summoned Mr. Kejriwal and others.
“Arvind Kejriwal, [former Deputy Chief Minister] Manish Sisodia, [former Speaker] Ram Niwas Goel, and [former Deputy Speaker] Rakhi Birla erstwhile again did not look earlier the Committee of Privileges contempt being fixed 2 opportunities to contiguous their mentation connected record. Noting their continued non-appearance successful some the scheduled sittings, the committee has present decided to find the further people of enactment successful the substance nether consideration,” said Pradyumn Singh Rajput, the chairperson of the committee.
‘Politically motivated’
AAP described the summons arsenic “legally untenable” and stated that the committee “cannot enactment connected matters related to the erstwhile Assembly”, citing a Supreme Court decision.
“Yet the Bharatiya Janata Party is fixated connected specified theatrics adjacent arsenic Delhi chokes connected hazardous pollution, struggles with collapsing nationalist services and reels from glaring information failures,” AAP said successful a statement.
In a missive to the Delhi Assembly Secretariat, Mr. Kejriwal said, “Insofar arsenic the authenticity of phansi-ghar is concerned, I americium definite determination is worldly disposable successful the House arsenic good arsenic connected the files past maintained by the Assembly Secretariat which tin beryllium perused. It is an administrative and interior substance of the past House, and I was conscionable the impermanent during its inauguration.”
“I petition the committee retreat the summons and notice, and driblet the proceedings,” helium added.
