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The Committee of Privileges of the Delhi Assembly connected Tuesday submitted a study recommending that the House instrumentality “proper action” against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationalist convener Arvind Kejriwal and others successful transportation with the inauguration of a “fake” phansi-ghar (execution room) connected the Assembly premises.
The study besides held that the nonaccomplishment of Mr. Kejriwal and others to look earlier the Committee amounted to “contempt” of some the House and the Committee. Speaker Vijender Gupta said the study would beryllium taken up for treatment successful the Assembly connected Wednesday.
“The BJP knows that a superior statement connected contamination volition exposure its failures earlier the full state and the world. That is wherefore it is anxious to speech astir a so-called ‘phansi-ghar’ issue, but refuses to let a treatment connected pollution,” AAP said successful response.
The league began with BJP MLAs protesting wrong the House, demanding an apology from AAP for allegedly “lying” astir a authorities bid stating that teachers had been deployed for duties related to counting stray dogs. The Speaker aboriginal referred the substance to the department-related lasting committee connected education.
Outside the Assembly, AAP leaders staged a protestation accusing the BJP of evading a treatment connected aerial pollution. “Children are suffering owed to aerial pollution. When AAP asks for a discussion, the BJP runs away,” Leader of the Opposition Atishi said. In response, the Speaker said capable clip would beryllium allotted for treatment connected the issue.
The House aboriginal witnessed disruptions aft BJP MLAs accused Ms. Atishi of insulting Guru Tegh Bahadur during a statement and demanded an apology.
‘Misleading remarks’
Meanwhile, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood wrote to Mr. Kejriwal seeking a nationalist apology implicit “malicious and misleading statements” astir teachers being deployed to number stray dogs. Mr. Kejriwal had earlier posted a circular connected X claiming that teachers were tasked with non-teaching duties.
“These assertions are not lone incorrect but besides magnitude to a superior misrepresentation of facts. The authorities circular connected this substance is already successful the nationalist domain... We volition not fto the ‘loot and scoot’ authorities of Arvind Kejriwal tally successful Delhi,” Mr. Sood said astatine a property conference.
Mr. Kejriwal and AAP were yet to respond to Mr. Sood’s missive till the clip of going to press. AAP has said that a circular by the Directorate of Education’s Deputy Director (Northwest) listed teachers from schools for stray duties.
