Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Thursday asked marshals to escort the BJP MLAs out of the House after they repeatedly interrupted Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena's address in the Budget session highlighting achievements of the AAP government.
Seven out of the eight BJP MLAs in the House, barring Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, were marshalled out by the Speaker for interrupting the LG's address on the first day of the session, Assembly officials said.
As soon as Saxena started reading out his speech and cited achievements of the government in the field of education, BJP MLA and former leader of opposition Vijender Gupta interrupted him raising the issue of funding of 12 colleges of the Delhi University.
The Speaker tried to restrain Gupta but he continued to speak, forcing Lieutenant Governor Saxena to pause his address briefly. Ultimately, the Speaker asked the House marshals to take Gupta out.
Saxena continued with his address, while the BJP MLAs interrupted him one-by-one as he highlighted various achievements of the government in different fields including health, water supply, transport, and waste management.
As the opposition legislators defied Speaker's instructions to sit down and refrain from interrupting Saxena's address, the Speaker asked marshals to escort them out.
