New Delhi Feb 25 PTI Ruckus prevailed in NDMC House on Friday as a few members of opposition AAP and ruling BJP engaged in heated exchanges and a couple of councillors even allegedly faced off aggressively officials said Leader of Opposition Vikas Goel had put in a short notice to have discussion on the matter of regularisation of a segment of sanitation workers as was announced by the NDMCs standing committee in its last meeting on February 18 The standing committee had approved the proposal on regularisation of sanitation workers who were engaged from April 1998 to March 2003 The move comes ahead of the civic polls in Delhi due in April On Friday amid commotion multiple proposals were cleared by the House including on building a thematic park on the concept of waste-to-art on the premises of the historic Ajmal Khan Park in Karol Bagh The Aam Aadmi Party raised the matter of regularisation of Safai Karamcharis in todays NDMC House Leader of Opposition Vikas Goel alleged that some BJP councilors disrupted the House proceedings by creating ruckus The agenda was passed without any debate due to BJP leaders well-thought-out politics he charged Earlier as soon as Goel stood up to speak on the matter another AAP councillor started heated exchanges with two BJP councillors and it eventually came to a situation of an aggressive face off between the two sides a civic official claimed Both sides also resorted to use of unparliamentary language in the House he said Videos of the ruckus during the proceedings were circulating on social mediaThe House was adjourned soon after the argument between the councillors from both sides intensified Once it resumed some BJP councillors also used unparliamentary language towards AAP members leading to the situation devolving into a chaos A senior AAP member then trooped into the Well of the House and ripped away the Mayor label on the podium while a few others tore pieces of newspapers and tossed it into mid-air near the podium the official said North Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh later spoke to reporters on the issue The behaviour by some councillors were unacceptable and action will be taken as per the code of conduct of the House the official quoted the mayor as saying Out of 2673 vacant posts in the six zones of theNDMC 500 of these are proposed to be filled in the first phase the NDMC panel had said Goel claimed that an another resolution was passed granting a contract to set up milk booths in 76 parks This is being done under a single tender which has been given to a company in Gujarat at a monthly fee of only Rs 179927 In this the condition of increasing the rent by 5 per cent per annum has also been abolished in the already passed resolution due to which the corporation will lose revenue every year and in return the pockets of BJP leaders will grow fuller he alleged PTI KND RCJ RCJ

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 23 PTI 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 proceedings a senior official saidA nominated member of the BJP and an AAP lawmaker also allegedly engaged in scuffle after which the House was adjourned by the mayor he claimedWhile the ruling BJP has not reacted on the alleged incident the official said North Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh along with Standing Committee Chairman Jogi Ram Jain and Leader of House Chhail Bihari Goswami are slated to brief reporters on Wednesday afternoon about the ruckus and the incident happened in the NDMC House meeting at the Civic CentreNorth Delhi Municipal Corporation House timings on Tuesdays coincided with the tabling of the budget by the commissioner of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation at the Civic CentreLeader of Opposition and AAP councillor in NDMC Vikas Goel tweeted about the ruckus and alleged that many BJP councillors engaged in misconduct during the proceedingsAfraid of losing elections civic polls the BJP has become worried and has crossed limits of corruption dictatorship he alleged in his tweet in Hindi late nightAAP leader and partys MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak had retweeted Goels tweet PTI KND RHL