Delhi Assembly witnessed an uproarious scene on Thursday after an heated argument broke out between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MlA Amanatullah Khan and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MlA and the leader of Opposition (lOP) Vijendar Gupta. Gupta later submitted a complaint to the Speaker Ram Niwas Goel saying ‘AAP MlAs mob lynched the three BJP MlAs and attempted to mishandle them’.
The argument started when Gupta started discussion on the contentious issued of Bangladeshi infiltrators in the Assembly and said, “Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh should be expelled from the city as they are one of the main reasons for the crime in the Capital. Soon, a group of AAP MlAs trooped towards Gupta and started an argument. As both the party members were arguing, AAP MlA from Okhla seat Khan went near Gupta and started speaking loudly and was seen trying to grab him assault him, but he was stopped by his fellow AAP members. “With deep sorrow and anguish, the three BJP MlAs want to record our strong protest against the mob lynching indulged in the Assembly today by the AAP MlAs when the matter regarding Bangladeshi infiltrators were was being taken up by us,” read the letter written by the BJP MlAs Gupta, OP Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan.
The letter further reads, “A number of AAP MlAs physically threatened and attempted to physically assault us. MlA Amantullah Khan shouted at us and cast unspeakable abuses upon.”