Chaos rules Day 2 of Delhi Assembly session

The second day of the Delhi Assembly session again began on a stormy note with the Opposition AAP creating a ruckus as L-G VK Saxena began addressing the House.

The moment Saxena began his speech, AAP MLAs Jarnail Singh, Anil Jha and Vishesh Ravi raised slogans like “Jai Bhim, Jai Bhim” and “Baba Saheb ka yeh apmaan, nahi sahega Hindustan”.

Speaker Vijender Gupta initially warned the Opposition to maintain decorum and remain seated. As his directives were not adhered to, the Speaker asked the marshals to escort the MLAs out of the House.

One by one, the Speaker suspended 21 AAP MLAs, including LoP Atishi and senior leader Gopal Rai, for the entire day of the proceedings. LoP Atishi kept shouting “Jai Bhim” slogans as the marshals forced her out of the House.

The Opposition AAP has been protesting against the BJP-ruled Delhi government for allegedly replacing the portraits of Dr BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh with the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the wall of the Chief Minister’s Office.

It is pertinent to mention here that the BJP on Monday shared the picture of the CM’s Office showing that both portraits were there on the wall of the room. Probably their position was changed from one wall to another.

The former chief minister, after being marshalled out, held a press conference where she again levelled the same allegations and showed a picture of the offices of Ministers Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Kapil Mishra.

“Why the picture of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh has been removed from BJP Minister Manjinder Sirsa’s office... Why Ambedkar’s portrait has been removed from Kapil Mishra’s office? They have to answer this,” Atishi said.

The LoP even showed the picture of the CM’s Office, which was shared by the BJP claiming that both portraits had not been removed. Atishi attacked the BJP for changing the location of those two pictures from one wall to another.

“This is the same picture shared by the BJP. I want to ask the BJP on behalf of the entire country that do you think that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bigger than Dr BR Ambedkar?” Atishi said.

The suspended legislators even protested outside the House condemning the government. Addressing mediapersons, Atishi slammed the Rekha Gupta government and said they would continue their protest until the portrait of Ambedkar was moved to its earlier position.