Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his Government will move the Supreme Court seeking a “temporary ban” on the ongoing sealing drive in Delhi, after his meeting with BJP leaders on the issue which ended in hostility.

The Chief Minister’s response came after the alleged ugly turn of events that had resulted in heated exchanges and scuffle between AAP and BJP leaders gathered at  CM’s residence for amicable discussion on the sealing row on Tuesday morning,

A delegation of BJP leaders led by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, walked out of the meeting at CM’s residence, alleging that the AAP led Delhi Government just wanted to “divert” the attention of the main issue. Tiwari said the BJP delegation walked out of the meeting as Kejriwal had converted it into a “public rally”.

Tiwari alleged that woman Mayors of BJP ruled North and East MCD Preety Agarwal and Neema Bhagat respectively were also “attacked” at the CM’s residence.” “AAP leaders do not seem to be interested in finding a solution. We sensed their dangerous mood and felt that he was not interested in finding a solution to the problem,” said Tiwari.

Vijender Gupta leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly alleged that AAP leaders and workers misbehaved with the visiting members of the BJP delegation, including the three woman Mayors during the meeting.

Gupta alleged that the AAP workers deliberately entered into a scuffle with BJP workers. A police complaint against AAP legislators and others has been filed over the incident.

“It was a meeting between MP, MlAs what is the need of bouncers, they misbehaved with us,” said Gupta. “It was just a matter of notifying 351 roads as sealing in under process in one of the area, adding, “We have registered an FIR against this Government,”  Gupta added.

The complaint filed by Delhi BJP general-secretary Ravinder Gupta with Civil lines Police Station named AAP MlAs Jarnail Singh, Akhilesh Tripathi, Rajesh Rishi and Jitender Tomar.

On the other hand Kejriwal said that he is sad that BJP did not participate in the meeting. Announcing, Delhi Government’s intention to approach Supreme Court seeking a temporary ban on the sealing drive being carried out by the BJP led civic bodies against properties allegedly violating the civic norms.

“I am sad that this meeting could not take place. We will go to the Supreme Court for a temporary ban on sealing this week,” said Kejriwal.

“Had the Central Government, the l-G and the BJP wanted, not a single shop would have been sealed in the National Capital” Kejriwal said adding that BJP of just doing politics on the issue.

“Although the BJP delegation had come for a discussion over sealing, they did not raise this issue in the meeting,” he said. He added that BJP leaders wanted a “closed-door” discussion on the issue which he denied saying there should be an open discussion on sealing drive. For which he had also called AAP MlAs and councillors for participating in the meeting.

“Manoj Tiwari raised only two issues, unauthorised colonies and 351 roads, which have nothing to do with the ongoing sealing drive. On 351 roads, there is no sealing yet, but despite this, BJP is raising this issue again and again,” said Kejriwal at his official residence.

The Chief Minister said all the three Municipal Commissioners have sought two more days to submit a survey report to the Government to change the land use of 351 roads to commercial and mixed land use so that there is no sealing on these roads in the future.

“If the survey report comes in two days, we will submit it in the Supreme Court in this week,” said Kejriwal. He refuted the BJP’s allegation that AAP MlAs attacked its leaders during the meeting terming it “baseless”.

“If any MlA has misbehaved with them, I will throw him out (of the party)... Recently, I had written to the l-G on the sealing issue and suggested four steps to give a relief to traders, but it is unfortunate that the Centre and l-G is not taking immediate step to stop the sealing,” said Kejriwal.

Meanwhile, Kejriwal visited markets in Chandni Chowk and other areas and interacted with traders hit by sealing drive. Civic bodies have undertaken the sealing drive initiated by a Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee. Commercial premises have been sealed for failing to deposit conversion charges according to provisions in Master Plan 2021.

The AAP has demanded that the Central Government should either bring an ordinance or amend Delhi Master Plan 2021 to stop sealing.

The BJP, on the other hand, demanded that the AAP should come out with a notification on mix land use to give a relief to the city’s traders.

Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal took to twitter saying, “Someone told me today” Through sealing, BJP wants to ruin Delhi’s retail business to pave way for FDI in retail in Delhi. I hope this is not true.