The BJP took its ongoing agitation against the Aam Aadmi Party Government in Delhi to the President of India, urging him to remove law Minister Somnath Bharti and order an investigation into the ‘dubious’ source of their funding from foreign countries. The BJP MlAs led by their leader Dr Harsh Vardhan met President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday and lodged its complaint against the ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘unethical’ conduct of the Government. The delegation handed over a memorandum to the President which sought to draw his attention to 15 issues. These included criminal cases against Bharti for allegedly misbehaving with African women in South Delhi, repeated indulgence of the AAP in lawlessness, running the Government and the Assembly in arbitrary and unruly manner and foreign funding to the NGOs run by AAP leaders and Ministers.
“We have demanded Bharti’s resignation. He should not continue in his post as he forcibly entered the residence of some women of African origin, searched them and misbehaved with them. The law minister’s act was totally illegal,” Vardhan said after the meeting. The delegation also raised the issue of AAP deciding to call a special session of the Assembly outside its designated premises to pass the Jan lokpal Bill. “The AAP Government is creating a constitutional crisis in Delhi by being adamant about holding the special session and by trying to bring in the Jan lokpal Bill directly, without the mandatory prior approval from Central Government,” Vardhan added.