leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta was marshalled out on Monday while three other BJP legislators staged a walkout to register their protest after their request for a discussion on “water crises” in the city was turned down by the chair.
As the House proceedings began, the Opposition members showed bottles of contaminated water allegedly being supplied in various areas of Delhi. Gupta and two other BJP MlAs --OP Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan --trooped into the Well of the House demanding discussion on alleged water crises in the city. Gupta and Sharma went near the chair of Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, showing him bottles of contaminated water.
As Gupta turned the mike, the Speaker expressed his unhappiness over his conduct and ordered him to be marshalled out of the House. The Speaker also suspended Gupta for the day from the House proceedings. To register their protest, other BJP MlAs also walked out of the House.
Delhi residents have been complaining about shortage of water supply and poor
quality of water. Residents of Central Delhi, South Delhi and South Extension had approached Delhi BJP unit president Manoj Tiwari.
In a letter to Tiwari, a representative of South-Extension society mentioned the residents are deprived of water and they have to struggle hard to fulfil their basic need of water in day-today requirement.
Earlier, Gupta and other BJP leader staged a protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not having any “Summer Action plan”.