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Delhi Assembly Session: The monsoon session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, which began on Friday, witnessed a heated exchange between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP MLAs. The two legislators, AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar and BJP MLA Ravi Negi rose from their respective seats and engaged in a verbal confrontation, leading to intervention from leaders of both parties.
BJP And AAP MLAs Engage In Verbal Confrontation
According to Jagran.com report, the MLAs were initially trading sharp verbal attacks from their respective seats during the house proceedings. Suddenly, both stood up, began shouting loudly, and started moving towards each other. However, the situation was quickly brought under control after several MLAs from both parties rushed to separate them.
What Led To The Incident?
The moment reportedly took place when Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Verma took a dig at Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Atishi. He remarked that she had skipped the monsoon session to visit Goa and it reflected her seriousness toward proceedings. "Your government did not conduct even five Question Hours during its five-year tenure. Your Leader of Opposition being in Goa shows how serious you are. Today is such an important day for the daughters of Delhi, yet the Leader of Opposition is absent from the House," Mishra said.
Subsequently, the opposition disrupted the House proceedings, with the speaker ordering the removal of AAP MLAs Sanjeev Jha, Kuldeep Kumar, Vishesh Ravi, Jarnail Singh, and Somdutt removed from the House by the marshals.
Assembly Speaker Expresses Displeasure
Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta expressed strong displeasure over the conduct, calling it "very unfortunate". He warned that an action would have been initiated if members continued to clash with each other. The three-day monsoon session is scheduled to run until August 11. The Delhi government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta intends to introduce three key bills and table three CAG reports in the house.