Delhi Assembly's special session: Dy Speaker marshals out BJP MLAs for entire day

New Delhi, Aug 26: Amid an uproar in the Delhi Assembly's special session convened on Friday, Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla marshalled out Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs for the entire day of the session over the video recording by a party legislator.

Following this, the BJP MLAs began a protest outside the Assembly.

While the AAP MLAs shouted "Khokha-Khokha", referring to allegations of their party that the BJP was offering Rs 20 crore to each of them for switching sides, the BJP legislators shouted "Dhokha-Dhokha", alleging a liquor scam by the Kejriwal government.

Deputy Speaker then marshalled out all BJP MLAs for the entire day of the special session over a video recording by saffron party legislator Ajay Mahawar.

Birla asked Mahawar if he made a video recording of the Assembly proceedings by going against the laws. ''Have you done the video recording? If you have, then why should your phone not be seized? This is against the laws of the House,'' she said.

Mahawar and his party MLAs did not respond to Birla's questions. The AAP and the BJP MLAs got into a war of words over the issue.

Following this, Birla said BJP MLAs have wasted the time of the House and marshalled them out.

BJP MLAs came out of the House and stood near the Gandhi statue on the Assembly premises and raised slogans demanding Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's arrest and removal from cabinet over the controversy surrounding the Excise Policy 2021-22.

A high-voltage drama unfolded on Thursday with Kejriwal summoning the AAP MLAs at his residence as he accused the BJP of trying to topple his government by offering Rs 800 crore to 40 of his legislators for switching sides and asked if this money came from GST collections, PM CARES Fund or some of its "friends".

Kejriwal visited Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Rajghat along with Aam Aadmi Party MLAs to pray for the country, asserting that the AAP government is stable as his party legislators are not for sale. AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said the "Operation Lotus" by the BJP has failed.

Hours after AAP MLAs visited Rajghat, BJP leaders sprinkled Ganga water to "purify" the memorial as those who offered "Pauwwe par Pauwwa" in Delhi (one plus one scheme under the excise policy) went there to absolve them of their "sin".

MP Manoj Tiwari compared Kejriwal with German Nazi politician Joseph Goebbels for allegedly telling lies repeatedly to divert attention from the "liquor scam" of his government.

The BJP hit back hard, saying the AAP's allegations were like a "movie script" and the party was indulging in theatrics.

Hours after AAP MLAs visited Rajghat, BJP leaders sprinkled Ganga water to "purify" the memorial as those who offered "Pauwwe par Pauwwa" in Delhi (one plus one scheme under the excise policy) went there to absolve them of their "sin".

Meanwhile, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's weekly meeting scheduled for Friday has been called off owing to the Assembly session.