NEW DELHI: The third day of the inaugural session of the newly formed eighth Delhi Assembly has been marked by significant developments and protests.
Ahead of the Assembly session, AAP MLA and former Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP of obstructing her partyโs MLAs from entering the House.
In a post on X, Atishi alleged, โThe BJP has crossed all limits of dictatorship. AAP MLAs were suspended for three days for raising โJai Bhimโ slogans, and now, they are being denied entry to the Vidhan Sabha premises. This has never happened in the history of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, where elected MLAs are barred from entering the House.โ
In response, AAP leaders staged a protest, chanting slogans like โtaanashahi nahi chalegiโ and โhitler shahi nahi chalegi,โ accusing the BJP of undemocratic practices.
Meanwhile, Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Verma announced that an investigation will be conducted into why CCTV cameras were not installed in eight constituencies, all represented by BJP MLAs, during the previous AAP government.
Verma assured that these constituencies would receive priority for CCTV installations.
BJPโs Vishwas Nagar MLA, OP Sharma, raised the issue in the House, claiming that no CCTV cameras were installed in his constituency during the AAP tenure.
Sharma also demanded a probe by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), supported by other BJP MLAs who criticized the AAP government for its alleged neglect.
In another development, Najafgarh MLA Neelam Pehalwan proposed renaming the constituency to Nahargarh.
Verma also addressed the โSheesh Mahalโ controversy, pledging to investigate the expenses related to the renovation of former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalโs official residence, which was dubbed โSheesh Mahalโ by the BJP.
He stated, โThe lavish Chief Ministerโs office, built three years ago under the AAP government, will be investigated to determine how much money was spent on its reconstruction and on what basis officials granted permission for such expenses.โ
He added, โThe Chief Ministerโs residence at 6 Flagstaff Road, dubbed โSheesh Mahalโ by the BJP, will also be examined to assess how much money the previous government allocated for its renovation.โ
Lastly, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will move a motion to propose BJP MLA Mohan Singh Bisht as the Deputy Speaker of the Delhi Assembly.
The motion will be seconded by MLA Anil Kumar Sharma and supported by Gajender Singh Yadav.
