Major drama unfolded in the Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday when Aam Aadmi Party MlAs sparred with BJP MlAs, who demanded the dissolution of the House. Meanwhile, AAP leader Alka lamba asked for the matter to be sent to privilege committee to take action against leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta, who had accused the ruling party of “unconstitutionally hiding” a purported CAG report, which, he said, exposes wastage of public money on advertisements and demanded the House be dissolved over the issue.
Gupta also had a heated argument with AAP MlA Amanatullah Khan who at one point asked the officials to switch off the microphone at the BJP MlA’s desk. Gupta objected and asked why Khan was “behaving like the Speaker”. Gupta kept on disrupting the proceedings and demanded the dissolution of the Assembly before staging a walkout, along with another BJP MlA Jagdish Pradhan. Meanwhile, his microphone was actually turned off after intervention by the Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, who asked Gupta not to disrupt the House.
Meanwhile, AAP MlAs led by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia went on an offensive following allegations made by Gupta, who insisted the city Government was sitting on “the report as it exposes wastage of public money.” Sisodia said he has no knowledge of such report and suggested the Centre was trying to “falsely implicate” the AAP.
“I don’t have any knowledge about any such thing. As and when we receive any report we will table it. It seems his (Gupta) masters have written to the CAG and are expecting something on that basis. That’s why such demands are being made,” Sisodia said.
Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said Gupta was not raising the issue under the appropriate section. He said it was not a point of order as claimed by the BJP leader.