NEW DELHI: Delhi assembly on Wednesday witnessed a scuffle between sacked minister Kapil Mishra and Aam Aadmi Party MLAs. Kapil Mishra was allegedly beaten up by AAP MLAs inside the assembly during a discussion of Goods and Services Tax(GST) bill.
A group of AAP legislators attacked Mishra after he raised a poster alleging corruption against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. Almost a dozen of AAP MLAs attacked Mishra after that assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel directed marshals to take Mishra out of the assembly.
Reacting on the incident, the speaker said he will look into the matter while taking on Mishra over his demand that a special session be convened at the Ramlila Maidan here over allegations of corruption against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
“Whatever happened today inside the Delhi Assembly is unfortunate. I am deeply disturbed with the incident. Whatever they (AAP MLAs) did was wrong. The MLAs should not have left their seats," he told reporters.
"During the 49-day AAP govt, we witnessed such scenes. It has happened even at the Lok Sabha. However, it was the first such incident during my tenure as speaker. Mishra's demand to call one-day session at Ramlila Maidan was not right. I can also take action against this," Goel said.
“I saw the face of two MLAs Madan Lal who was trying to strangulate and Jarnail Singh. I demand release footage of Vidhan Sabha proceeding. As I got up from my seat, they started hitting me. They used their hands and legs. Your cameras saw it all. Usually marshals are called to remove a member from the House. This must have been the first time that MLAs were called.” Kapil Mishra told media.
BJP also reacted to the incident and said that AAP and Kejriwal is not open to any dissent.
“The manhandling of former Minister Kapil Mishra clearly tells that Kejriwal & his Party are not open to any dissent or opposition. Similar incidents of manhandling have been witnessed in the Vidhansabha earlier too be it with LOP Shri Vijender Gupta, MLA Om Prakash Sharma of the opposition or with MLA Shri Ved Prakash who resigned from AAP and ruling party dissident like Shri Pankaj Pushkar,” Delhi, BJP said.