Chandigarh, March 12 (IANS) The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to refer a Breach of Privilege case against Congress member Sukhpal Singh Khaira to the Privileges Committee.The resolution, introduced by Cabinet Minister Harpal Cheema, addressed recent derogatory statements and unparliamentary conduct by the legislator, which the House deemed a direct insult to its elected members, the Constitution and the public.Explaining the background of the resolution, Cheema said, “The cal…
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New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Soon after facing questions of the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee, former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday tried to give the ‘Faansi Ghar’ authentication matter a political twist, accusing the BJP of disrespecting freedom fighters.Kejriwal’s former deputy Manish Sisodia failed to appear before the Committee despite being given a last chance.Sticking to AAP’s stand that a ‘Faansi Ghar’ existed on the Assembly premises during the British era, Kejriw…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has questioned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on its self-proclaimed badge of honesty, asking it to explain the reasons for the exit of its internal Lokpal Admiral L. Ramdas. Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said on Thursday that leaders of the AAP make baseless allegations against the BJP but they should first look within.Kapoor demanded an answer from AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj and Anurag Dhanda on who betrayed AAP’s i…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, on Thursday, condemned the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) demand to livestream proceedings of the Privileges Committee meeting of the Delhi Assembly which is dealing with the ‘Faansi Ghar’ matter. Sachdeva’s remarks come on the eve of the likely appearance of the AAP Convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before the Committee on Friday for presenting his explanation for declaring a shaft in the Assembly premises as a ‘Fa…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday confirmed that he will appear before the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee on March 6 in connection with the “Fansi Ghar (Gallows Gallery)” controversy, and sought live streaming of the proceedings for transparency.The Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee had directed Kejriwal and his former deputy Manish Sisodia to appear before it on March 6 over questions regarding the authenticity of claims linked…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Delhi Assembly Secretariat was on Friday told by the Punjab Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Alok Shekhar and the state police Chief Gaurav Yadav that their replies related to the FIR registered regarding the video clip of alleged remarks of city’s Leader of Opposition Atishi are being vetted by their state government. In the interim, draft copies of their replies, sent for vetting to the Punjab Home department, were forwarded to Delhi Assembly Secretariat, an offic…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Delhi Assembly’s Committee of Privileges has decided to grant a “final chance” to former chief minister and National Convenor of Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders to appear in person and give their statements regarding the ‘Faansi Ghar’ issue on March 6, an official said.Responding to a request sent by Kejriwal seeking a hearing in the first week of March, the Committee has scheduled this final appearance for March 6, said an official st…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has offered to appear before the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee over the matter of authenticity of the “Faansi Ghar” (alleged Execution Chamber on Assembly premises) in the first week of March, an official source said on Monday.In a letter addressed to the Assembly’s Secretariat, AAP National Convenor Kejriwal cited his busy schedule for his inability to attend the Committee’s hearing on Monday and requested the …
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi Assembly Speaker, Vijender Gupta, on Tuesday referred the Punjab Police’s action in the Atishi video row to the House Committee of Privileges for a detailed probe, holding that a prima facie case of breach of privilege and contempt of the House was made out. Taking cognisance of a complaint filed by Delhi Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra, Gupta said the role of the Punjab Director General of Police and the Jalandhar Police Commissioner would be examined by the Pr…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Alluding to the controversial remarks of AAP leader Atishi in the Assembly, Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday disapproved of the Punjab government’s intervention in matters under consideration of the city legislature.Speaking at the three-day 86th All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC) in Lucknow, Speaker Gupta did not name the Punjab government or Delhi’s Leader of the Opposition Atishi while expressing dismay over attempts of the AAP-ruled agrarian …