New Delhi: The leader of opposition in Delhi assembly Atishi on Thursday criticised the BJP, claiming the party has crossed the “limits of dictatorship” after coming to power.
The AAP leader emphasised that this unprecedented move, barring elected representatives from entering the Assembly, has never happened in the history of Delhi’s Legislative Assembly.
In a post on X, Atishi shared “The BJP has crossed the limits of dictatorship after coming to power. AAP MLAs were suspended from the House for three days for raising slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’. And today AAP MLAs are not even being allowed to enter the Vidhan Sabha premises. This has never happened in the history of the Delhi Legislative Assembly; elected MLAs are not allowed to enter the Assembly premises.”
Meanwhile, Delhi Minister and BJP leader Parvesh Verma today slammed the opposition for disrupting the Lieutenant Governor’s speech in the Delhi Assembly, calling it a “big crime” and urging them to avoid such actions in the future.
On February 25, tensions escalated in the Delhi Assembly as Speaker Vijender Gupta suspended 12 MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Atishi and AAP MLA Gopal Rai, amid uproar ahead of the tabling of the CAG report.
As soon as the Lieutenant Governor (LG) began his address, AAP MLAs started raising slogans, leading to chaos in the House. Before the LG’s speech, AAP members also chanted “Jai Bhim” slogans. Following the disruption, the MLAs were suspended from the House.
The suspended MLAs then took their protest outside the Assembly, raising slogans against the State government while carrying posters of Babasaheb Ambedkar.