Delhi Assembly Updates: AAP MLA Shows Wads of Cash in House, Claims Pvt Contractor Tried to Bribe Him

Delhi Assembly Updates: AAP MLA Mahender Goyal on Wednesday showed wads of cash inside the House during the ongoing winter session, claiming a private contractor at a city government hospital tried to bribe him. He added that his life was in danger and demanded action.

Wednesday is the last day of the Winter Session of the Delhi Assembly which started on a stormy note on Monday. The tussle between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intensified on Tuesday amid protests by the BJP and CM Kejriwal launching a blistering attack at the BJP-led Centre and the Lieutenant-Governor of the national capital.

Top Updates:

• AAP MLA Ruling Mahender Goyal on Wednesday showed wads of cash inside the House, claiming a private contractor at a city government hospital tried to bribe him. Complaining about irregularities in the hiring of temporary staff at the Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini, Goyal claimed there was a threat to his life from “powerful” people trying to silence him, as per PTI. The MLA further said he was not deterred by the threats and demanded action against the private contractor. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said the matter was serious and referred it to the petitions committee of the House.
• Four BJP MLAs were ordered to be marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday following protests in the house over the issue of pollution in Yamuna river.
• Hours after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a tirade against Lt Governor VK Saxena, the BJP dubbed the AAP chief an “extreme egoistic leader” who believed that winning an election had given him the “right to misinterpret and override Constitutional provisions”.
• Hitting out at the BJP-led Central government earlier in the day, Kejriwal said that nothing is permanent in life and that one day his party might come to power at the Centre with their own L-G.
• Lashing out at the L-G, Kejriwal said, “Begani shaadi mei abdulla diwana…kaun hai L-G, kahan se aa gaya LG ? Humare sar pe baith jaate hain L-G” (Who is the L-G, where did he come from? He is sitting on our heads). The Supreme Court has said that L-G does not have any independent decision-making power, he further added. “SC orders are binding. L-G argued that he is the administrator and has supreme powers.”
• Six BJP MLAs were marshaled out of the House on day two of the winter session, while, Leader of Opposition Bidhuri and MLA V Gupta walked out in protest. They then protested near the Ambedkar statue on the premises. Gupta said that the government wants to run a session minus opposition and unless the government agrees to a discussion on corruption, their protest will continue.
• BJP MLAs on Tuesday wore black clothes and turbans in the Delhi Assembly to protest against the alleged corruption and scams of the AAP government and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
• Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday criticised the recent protests by Aam Aadmi Party against the LG as the hearing on who controls civil services in Delhi in underway before the Constitution Bench. “Protests and theatrics can never take place of the submissions before SC” the SG said.
• The three-day winter session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly started on Monday on a tumultuous note as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced off, days after the parties tussled during the mayoral election of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The house was adjourned after protest by AAP MLAs against Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s alleged interference in the working of the city government. The house saw repeated adjournments and barely 10 minutes of proceedings could be held.
• On Monday, Kejriwal along with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP MLAs had led a march to the L-G’s office to protest against the issue of teacher training in Finland. The LG’s office, however, asserted that it has not rejected the proposal but has advised the AAP government to evaluate it in totality.
• Meanwhile, Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary on Monday lashed out at the AAP and the BJP, alleging the parties used the first day of the Assembly session for indulging in political gimmicks instead of transacting any business in the public interest.

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