All thirty Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors in the North Corporation were suspended on Tuesday for three months for allegedly “misbehaving and creating ruckus” during its proceedings on Tuesday.
North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash said he has “suspended” all present AAP councillors of the BJP-led NDMC House for three months for allegedly “misbehaving and creating ruckus” during its proceedings on Tuesday.
He said the AAP councillors wanted to have a discussion on the issue of due salaries of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) employees, but it soon “devolved into a commotion”.
The AAP has 30 councillors in the NDMC, which has been controlled by the BJP since 2012.
Following the suspension, AAP senior leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “undemocratically” suspending AAP councillors in the North Corporation for the next three month from attending the house proceedings.
Pathak said that the BJP ruled North Corporation has suspended the AAP councillors for the next three months and AAP councillors will hold a day-long sit-in protest outside North MCD mayor’s office demanding the rollback of the suspension order.
“The BJP is so scared to get exposed that they are trying to stop the voices of the AAP. The intimidation tactics of the BJP like arresting our leaders or suspending our leaders will not silence our voice,” he said.
“Today Delhi is the dirtiest city of India and the AAP wanted to discuss this matter with the mayor. We also pointed out that the budget of all the MCDs together is around Rs 18,000 crore but the employees of the MCDs are not getting the salary for the past many months. We wanted to discuss this issue but instead of the discussion they suspended us,” he said.
Vikas Goel, LoP in North Corporation said, “In the past 14 years the BJP has ruined the MCD and today they are scared to take questions. The situation today is that the BJP’s MCD does not have the answer to any of the opposition’s questions. This suspension is a proof of BJP’s dictatorial mindset.”
