Atishi Leads Sit-In After Suspended MLAs Denied Entry Into House
Says security staff could not provide any document when suspended MLAs sought a copy of Speaker's order banning their entry into Assembly
Atishi Leads Sit-In After Suspended MLAs Denied Entry Into House
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Atishi sat on a dharna outside the Delhi Assembly premises on Thursday, alleging the highhandedness of Speaker Vijender Gupta, who suspended 21 Opposition MLAs from the House.
"This is happening for the first time in the history of the country that elected representatives are being denied entry to a legislature," Atishi told reporters.
"We are not staging a sit-in but have been forced to squat here as the security staff has refused to allow us entry into the premises," she said.
The AAP MLA from Kalkaji said that the security staff could not provide any document when the suspended MLAs demanded a copy of the Speaker's order banning their entry into the premises.
Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday had initially suspended the AAP MLAs for three sittings, but on Thursday, the Assembly secretariat indicated that the suspension had been extended for the entire session and is likely to continue till March 3.
"After all, why is the ruling BJP so afraid of the name of Baba Saheb Ambedkar," she said, recalling Tuesday's House proceedings when the AAP MLAs were suspended by the Speaker for complaining about the alleged removal of Ambedkar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh's photo from the office of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
The BJP dismissed AAP's allegations of any rule violation in the Assembly.
