Chandigarh, Jan 10 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Saturday said that although the clarification issued by former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi regarding her video itself “looks like an admission of guilt, the Punjab Police conducted a forensic examination of her video within a day and gave her a clean chit.”He questioned why the same police could not conduct a forensic examination of the video related to the Chief Minister within a day and give him a clean chit as well. He said th…
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New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Calling it a matter of Legislative privilege, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Saturday that the State Assembly has sought a written explanation from the Punjab Police Chief Gaurav Yadav over the registration of an FIR in that state based on video footage of the national capital’s Assembly proceedings. The video clip in question is linked to the row surrounding Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi’s alleged disrespectful remarks against Sikh Gurus in Delhi As…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Friday that the Assembly has formally taken cognisance of Punjab Police registering an FIR against Minister Kapil Mishra on the basis of an unauthorised video clip of House proceedings.The issue of the video clip, purportedly linked to the alleged “disrespect of Sikh Gurus” by AAP leader Atishi, was raised by Laxmi Nagar MLA Abhay Verma of the BJP.The FIR registered by Jalandhar Police is based on the video clip – related to the At…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday criticised Leader of the Opposition Atishi of the AAP for wasting the Assembly’s time and failing in her constitutional duty to attend the House by flying to Goa, for a party campaign, in the middle of the Winter Session.“If there is any single person responsible for wasting the time of the Delhi Assembly’s Winter Session, it is the Leader of the Opposition Atishi,” said Sachdeva.He accused her of disrespecting Sikh …
Chandigarh, Jan 9 (IANS) A spokesperson of the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate said on Friday here that an FIR has been registered on a complaint by Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh regarding uploading and circulating edited and doctored video of former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. Several social media posts containing a short video clip allegedly showing Atishi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Delhi Assembly, making allegedly derogatory and blasphemous remarks against Sikh gurus with highly infl…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Hitting out at AAP leaders for targeting a woman serving as the government head, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that team has achieved much more in its first 11-months than what the AAP government did in 11 years.Concluding the discussion on Motion of Thanks on Lieutenant Governor’s Address in the Delhi Assembly, a combative CM Gupta said, “Some words uttered by me by mistake have been made weapons by AAP leaders to target me.”“My slip-ups were in…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) After the scheduled debate on pollution was washed out due to repeated adjournments and noisy clashes between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi Assembly on Thursday, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa urged Leader of Opposition Atishi and other AAP legislators to participate in the discussion slated for Friday.Addressing mediapersons outside the House, which was adjourned without transacting much business, Sirsa appealed to Atish…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday extended the Winter Session by one day and referred two complaints against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators to the Committee of Privileges for examination and submission of a report.The two matters relate to the remarks allegedly made by Leader of Opposition Atishi regarding Sikh Gurus, and the alleged breach of privilege and contempt of the House by AAP MLA Jarnail Singh following his suspension from the Assembly on Janu…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Four suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators on Thursday wrote a letter to Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta, seeking the resignation of Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra over the alleged circulation of a purported video of former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi which they claim was misleading and politically-motivated. The MLAs — Sanjeev Jha, Som Dutt, Kuldeep Kumar and Jarnail Singh — were suspended from the House on the grounds of deliberately disrupting Assembly pro…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) BJP MLAs on Wednesday staged a protest by raising slogans in the Delhi Assembly, staging a protest against AAP leader and Leader of the Opposition Atishi over her alleged use of ‘insensitive words’ against a Sikh Guru during a recent Assembly session. Speaking to reporters, Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma said that during the Legislative Assembly session on Tuesday, members were paying respect to the Sikh Gurus. He said a special discussion was held in the House to mark the …