AAP, BJP hold overnight protest at Delhi Assembly

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
30:
High
drama
prevailed
in
Delhi
as
the
ruling
Aam
Aadmi
Party
and
Opposition
BJP
stayed
overnight
at
the
Assembly
premises
accusing
each
other
of
corruption.

The
AAP
MLAs
are
demanding
a
probe
against
Lieutenant
Governor
V
K
Saxena
for
allegedly
pressuring
two
of
his
employees
to
exchange
demonetised
currency
notes
worth
Rs
1,400
crore
during
his
term
as
the
Khadi
and
Village
Industries
Commission
(KVIC)
chairman
in
2016.

While
the
BJP
MLAs
also
started
an
overnight
dharna
on
the
Assembly
premises
demanding
the
sacking
of
ministers
Manish
Sisodia
and
Satyendar
Jain
over
alleged
corruption.

Holding
placards,
the
AAP
MLAs
squatted
near
the
Mahatma
Gandhi
statue,
while
BJP
MLAs
started
their
sit-in
near
the
statues
of
Bhagat
Singh,
Raj
Guru
and
Sukhdev
inside
the
assembly
premises.

They
were
seen
singing
songs,
raising
slogans
and
holding
placards
demanding
action
against
the
LG.
They
say
PM
Modi
was
aware
of
the
alleged
corruption
by
the
LG,
but
still
appointed
him
to
the
post.

In
its
statement,
the
BJP
said
its
MLAs
were
“expelled
unconstitutionally”
from
the
Delhi
Assembly
again
on
Monday
and
“no
issue
was
allowed
to
be
raised”.

BJP
corporator,
7
others
arrested
for
kidnapping
infant
from
Mathura
railway
station

“The
meeting
of
the
BJP
Legislature
Party
was
held
this
afternoon
under
the
chairmanship
of
Leader
of
Opposition
Ramvir
Singh
Bidhuri
and
it
was
decided
that
the
BJP
MLAs
would
sit
on
a
dharna
near
the
statues
of
Shaheed
Azam
Bhagat
Singh,
Raj
Guru
and
Sukhdev
inside
the
assembly
premises.

“This
protest
will
continue
throughout
the
night,”
it
said.

Bidhuri
alleged
that
Sisodia
was
involved
in
the
multi-crore
liquor
“scam”
and
noted
that
minister
Satyendar
Jain
is
in
jail
in
a
money
laundering
case.

“BJP
MLAs
have
decided
to
sit
on
a
dharna
demanding
the
sacking
of
these
two
ministers.
Since
their
voice
was
not
heard
in
the
assembly,
they
are
forced
to
sit
on
a
dharna
inside
the
assembly
premises,”
the
leader
of
the
opposition
said.

The
BJP
also
came
out
in
Saxena’s
defence
and
said
AAP
leaders
are
levelling
corruption
allegations
against
him
“to
take
revenge”.

Based
on
the
LG’s
recommendations,
the
CBI
had
registered
an
FIR
in
connection
with
the
alleged
irregularities
in
the
formulation
and
implementation
of
the
Delhi
government’s
Excise
Policy
2021-22.