The fate of BJP MlA OP Sharma will be decided in the next session of the Delhi Assembly, with the House’s Ethics Committee recommending stripping him off the membership for allegedly making “sexist” remarks against AAP legislator Alka lamba.
The committee submitted its recommendation to Speaker Ramniwas Goel on Thursday, after investigating the matter for nearly two-and-half months.
Goel had suspended Sharma in the middle of the Winter session in November last year for rest of the session for using derogatory language against lamba inside the House. Goel had later referred the matter to the Ethics Committee for further probe.
Sources said the Committee had repeatedly asked Sharma to tender apology to lamba for his behaviour but he remained defiant following which it decided to recommend terminating his membership.
They said a final decision would be taken by the House. Sources said the Speaker may give a final opportunity to the BJP legislator to apologise for his objectionable remarks.
Earlier this month, Sharma was arrested and released on bail after he was caught on camera beating a CPI activist in Patiala House Court complex when JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was brought for hearing of the sedition case against him.
The sources said the Ethics Committee has held that the BJP legislator is a “habitual offender” besides being “unapologetic” about his “misbehaviour”.