Ruckus in NDMC House Will raise issue before LG says mayor
New Delhi Nov 24 PTI A day after an alleged scuffle broke out between an AAP MLA and a BJP member in the NDMC House North Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh on Wednesday said he will raise the matter before the Lt Governor of DelhiThe ruling party and the opposition AAP have been blaming each over the issue Ruckus prevailed in the BJP-led NDMC House on Tuesday when members of the ruling party and opposition AAP allegedly engaged in a bitter exchange of words during the proceedingsA member of the BJP and an AAP lawmaker allegedly engaged in a scuffle after which the House was adjourned by the mayor a senior official had said on TuesdayThe mayor held a press conference over the issue on Wednesday and alleged that BJP councilor Vijender Yadav was beaten up by AAP MLA Mahendra Goyal during the House meetingNDMC Standing Committee Chairman Jogi Ram Jain Yadav and other councillors from the NDMC were also present during the press conferenceLeader of Opposition and AAP councillor in NDMC Vikas Goel had on Tuesday issued a statement about the ruckus and alleged that many BJP councillors engaged in misconduct during the proceedingsFirst the guards misbehaved with me and then the BJP councillors misbehaved with AAPs female councillors and tried to make them consume liquor too They then latched onto AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal and got into a fist fight to assault him he had allegedJain claimed that Yadav had tried to stage a symbolic protest by displaying a mix of tea and water symbolising liquor in the House when then AAP MLA took it otherwise and beat him upThe ruckus issue also came up for discussion during the NDMC Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday with Yadav raising the matter forcefully and seeking termination of the AAP MLAs membershipIt was not liquor but something else used as a symbolic protest against the new excise policy Yadav claimed during the panels meetingIssues of dearness allowance and parking problem issues at banquet halls were also raised during the meeting of the Standing Committee on WednesdayThe mayor said the House was all set to discuss increasing levels of pollution in the city and the new excise policy of the Delhi governmentThe government has backtracked from the issues on which they got elected in the city The situation is that neither there is clean water for drinking nor fresh air for breathing for people of Delhi The government however is preparing to open liquor shops for some additional revenue he claimedWhen the House started discussing these issues Goyal failed to defend his government and slapped BJP councillor Vijender Yadav Singh allegedThis undemocratic behaviour of the AAP MLA has tarnished the dignity of the House We strongly condemn his behaviour and urge Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kajriwal to take strong action against the MLA the mayor said and added that we will raise the issue before the Lieutenant Governor and will also have an FIR registered by policeThe AAP government is allowing the opening of 846 liquor shops Delhi has been turned into a gas chamber due to the failure of the AAP government and after the new excise policy the city will become a liquor chamber Jain saidWe have decided to file a police complaint and we will also request Honble LG to take strong action against him he addedGoel on Tuesday night had alleged in a tweet Afraid of losing elections civic polls the BJP has become worried and has crossed limits of corruption dictatorship AAP leader and partys MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak had retweeted Goels tweet PTI KND RHL
New Delhi Nov 24 PTI A day after an alleged scuffle broke out between an AAP MLA and a BJP member in the NDMC House North Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh on Wednesday said he will raise the matter before the Lt Governor of DelhiThe ruling party and the opposition AAP have been blaming each over the issue Ruckus prevailed in the BJP-led NDMC House on Tuesday when members of the ruling party and opposition AAP allegedly engaged in a bitter exchange of words during the proceedingsA member of the BJP and an AAP lawmaker allegedly engaged in a scuffle after which the House was adjourned by the mayor a senior official had said on TuesdayThe mayor held a press conference over the issue on Wednesday and alleged that BJP councilor Vijender Yadav was beaten up by AAP MLA Mahendra Goyal during the House meetingNDMC Standing Committee Chairman Jogi Ram Jain Yadav and other councillors from the NDMC were also present during the press conferenceLeader of Opposition and AAP councillor in NDMC Vikas Goel had on Tuesday issued a statement about the ruckus and alleged that many BJP councillors engaged in misconduct during the proceedingsFirst the guards misbehaved with me and then the BJP councillors misbehaved with AAPs female councillors and tried to make them consume liquor too They then latched onto AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal and got into a fist fight to assault him he had allegedJain claimed that Yadav had tried to stage a symbolic protest by displaying a mix of tea and water symbolising liquor in the House when then AAP MLA took it otherwise and beat him upThe ruckus issue also came up for discussion during the NDMC Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday with Yadav raising the matter forcefully and seeking termination of the AAP MLAs membershipIt was not liquor but something else used as a symbolic protest against the new excise policy Yadav claimed during the panels meetingIssues of dearness allowance and parking problem issues at banquet halls were also raised during the meeting of the Standing Committee on WednesdayThe mayor said the House was all set to discuss increasing levels of pollution in the city and the new excise policy of the Delhi governmentThe government has backtracked from the issues on which they got elected in the city The situation is that neither there is clean water for drinking nor fresh air for breathing for people of Delhi The government however is preparing to open liquor shops for some additional revenue he claimedWhen the House started discussing these issues Goyal failed to defend his government and slapped BJP councillor Vijender Yadav Singh allegedThis undemocratic behaviour of the AAP MLA has tarnished the dignity of the House We strongly condemn his behaviour and urge Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kajriwal to take strong action against the MLA the mayor said and added that we will raise the issue before the Lieutenant Governor and will also have an FIR registered by policeThe AAP government is allowing the opening of 846 liquor shops Delhi has been turned into a gas chamber due to the failure of the AAP government and after the new excise policy the city will become a liquor chamber Jain saidWe have decided to file a police complaint and we will also request Honble LG to take strong action against him he addedGoel on Tuesday night had alleged in a tweet Afraid of losing elections civic polls the BJP has become worried and has crossed limits of corruption dictatorship AAP leader and partys MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak had retweeted Goels tweet PTI KND RHL
