Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday expelled 12 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Atishi and Gopal Rai, for the day from the assembly for raising slogans during Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s address.
Veer Singh Dhingan, Mukesh Ahlawat, Chaudhary Zubair Ahmed, Anil Jha, Vishesh Ravi and Jarnail Singh are among the other AAP leaders expelled from the assembly.
Atishi alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party had disrespected BR Ambedkar by removing his portrait from the chief minister’s office.
“The BJP has shown its true colours by removing Babasaheb Ambedkar’s portrait. Does it believe Modi can replace Babasaheb?” Atishi said at a press conference.
The former chief minister alleged that the BJP-led administration had removed Ambedkar’s portraits from the chief minister’s office in both the Delhi Secretariat and the assembly.
