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The Delhi Assembly connected Tuesday sent a study of the Committee of Privileges to erstwhile Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and 3 different elder Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders who had allegedly overseen the inauguration of a “fake” ‘phansi-ghar (execution room)’ connected the premises of the House successful August 2022.
The committee had tabled its study successful the Assembly connected January 6 during the Winter Session. It recommended that the House instrumentality “proper action” against Mr. Kejriwal and the 3 elder AAP leaders successful transportation with the inauguration of the phansi-ghar when AAP was successful power.s
Speaker Vijender Gupta had alleged that crores of rupees were spent connected the “fake phansi-ghar and its advertisement” by the erstwhile AAP government. He had referred the substance to the Committee of Privileges for an inquiry, pursuing which Mr. Kejriwal and the others were summoned.
Mr. Kejriwal and the 3 different AAP leaders did not look earlier the committee connected 2 occasions past twelvemonth portion it was probing the allegations.
AAP had termed the summons “legally untenable” and stated that the committee “cannot enactment connected matters related to the erstwhile Assembly”, citing a Supreme Court judgment.
