Five BJP MLAs were marshalled out of Delhi Assembly during its proceedings on Thursday after they objected to a discussion on Manipur saying it was outside the jurisdiction of the Assembly, following which the party’s other members staged a walkout.
As BJP MLAs continued their protest, four of them — Abhay Verma, Jitender Mahajan, Ajay Mahawar and OP Sharma — were marshalled out of the House.
Later, Mohan Singh Bisht was also marshalled out, following which other BJP members including Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Vijendra Gupta also walked out in protest. The BJP has eight legislators in the 70-member Assembly. The BJP MLAs later staged a protest outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office in the Assembly, alleging corruption in the AAP Government.
Wearing black T-shirts, caps and carrying placards, they raised slogans against Kejriwal. Their T-shirts were printed with a list of alleged scams in the Government which mentioned the excise policy, revamp of the Chief Minister’s residence, installation of panic buttons in buses and classroom construction among others.
Bidhuri hit out at the Delhi Government saying that the AAP Government does not want to talk about issues of Delhi.
“This is not the Lok Sabha. The Manipur issue was discussed in Manipur Assembly and Lok Sabha. In Delhi Assembly, there is no logic to discuss the issue as it has already been dealt with. BJP MLAs had issued a formal notice to discuss the corruption scandals worth billions of rupees within the Kejriwal Government. These scandals include the liquor scam, panic button scam, Shishamahal scam, DJB scam, electricity scam, DTC scam, classroom scam, hospital scam, hawala scam, and espionage scam. Instead of addressing these issues, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly decided to hold a discussion on Manipur,” Bidhuri said.