NEW DELHI: The Delhi assembly on Monday witnessed a ruckus on the first day of the session, with Atishi leading the protest by AAP MLAs over the alleged removal of BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh’s photos from the CM office.
Atishi accused the ruling BJP of being “anti-Dalit and anti-Sikh”.
“The Bharatiya Janata Party today has shown its anti-Dalit and anti-Sikh face to the country. Soon after coming to power, they removed pictures of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh from the CM Office. Does BJP think PM Narendra Modi ji is greater than Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh?” Atishi told news agency ANI.
Atishi also posted on X two photos — one with picture of BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh when she was the CM and another with photos of Mahatma Gandhi, President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the BJP regime.
Building on Atishi’s post, ex-Delhi CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of hurting the “sentiments of millions of Babasaheb’s followers”.
“The new BJP government in Delhi removed Babasaheb’s photo and replaced it with Prime Minister Modi’s photo. This is not right. It has hurt the sentiments of millions of Babasaheb’s followers. I request the BJP to go ahead and put up the Prime Minister’s photo, but please do not remove Babasaheb’s photo. Let his photo remain,” Kejriwal said on X.
Newly elected assembly speaker Vijendra Gupta accused the AAP of disrupting the house with pre-planned intentions and adjourned the house for 15 minutes.
“It was a courtesy address. You should not have made it a political platform. The opposition does not want the House to run smoothly. AAP has come with the intention of disrupting the House. Maintain the dignity of the House,” said assembly speaker Vijender Gupta.
