New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Tuesday that Punjab Police had sought 10 more days but have been told to file their report on the Atishi video matter within three days.“Punjab Police have replied asking for 10 days’ time, but looking at the seriousness of the matter, the Delhi Assembly Secretariat has given them only three days to submit the full report by January 15,” Gupta said at a Press Conference over developments arising out of the use of “unpar…
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New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Accusing the Punjab Police and the AAP-led Punjab government of disrespecting the Delhi Assembly, Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday declared former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi as “untraceable” ever since she allegedly made disrespectful remarks against Sikh Gurus in the city’s legislature.Mishra, who faces an FIR in Punjab’s Jalandhar district for circulating an allegedly “doctored” video clip of Atishi’s controversial remark, released a poster featuring the AAP lea…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, opposition leader Atishi, Arvind Kejriwal, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the alleged disrespect of Sikh Gurus in the Delhi Assembly.Addressing a press conference, Sirsa stated that the incident in the Delhi Assembly on the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was insulting and shameful, and the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders are now attempting…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Delhi BJP claimed on Sunday that a rift has emerged within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with a sizeable number of legislators distancing themselves from efforts to defend Leader of the Opposition Atishi over her alleged disrespectful remark on Sikh Gurus.Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that AAP MLAs seem to have virtually abandoned Atishi as 21 out of the party’s 22 MLAs did not turn up for a protest organised in her support on Sunday.Kapoor added that …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said on Saturday that across the country, including Punjab and Delhi, there is widespread anger within the Sikh community over Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi ‘insulting’ Sikh Gurus.He said the anger is linked to the Punjab Police giving a clean chit to Delhi’s Leader of Opposition, Atishi, without viewing the original recording of the Delhi Assembly in which she purportedly used disrespectful language for the Sikh Guru.Due to th…
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 10 (IANS) As an FIR was registered against Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra by the Punjab Police, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Saturday said that since the incident occurred inside the Delhi Assembly, the Punjab Police has no authority to act in the matter. Speaking to IANS, Virendra Sachdeva said, “What surprises me is that the incident took place inside the Vidhan Sabha, where the Leader of Opposition, Atishi Marlena, made an objectionable remark against Sikh Gurus. In …
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…