Rebel AAP MlA Pankaj Pushkar has moved a breach of privilege notice against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, accusing him of resorting to “falsehoods” while defending the Delhi Government on the liquor issue.
Pushkar, who represents the Timarpur constituency, moved the notice on Wednesday, claiming Sisodia’s replies to two starred questions in the Assembly were factually incorrect and were intended to “hide” the Delhi Government’s “misdeeds”.
In reply to Pushkar’s question on whether there was any public consultation before granting licences to new vends in the last one year, Sisodia had said as per current rules there is no such requirement.
This, Pushkar claimed, was “false” as relavant sections of the Delhi Excise Rules, 2010 make the Deputy Commissioner liable to take all reasonable steps to “ascertain the opinion of persons, who reside or have property in the neighbourhood and are likely to be affected by the proposal”.