Tag: Amanatullah Khan

CM adviser ‘confirms’ assault on CS, AAP alleges pressure

In a dramatic turn of events, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s advisor V K Jain on Thursday confirmed the charges against the two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators ~ Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal ~ who were arrested for assaulting chief secretary Anshu Prakash during a meeting at the chief minister’s residence late on Monday. The...

February 23, 2018

‘Delhi Chief Secretary Assault’ case: Two AAP MLAs sent to 14-day judicial custody

A Delhi court on Thursday sent two Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, arrested on a charge of assaulting Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, to judicial custody for 14 days. Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tandon said that orders on the bail pleas of AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal and also on their police custody will...

February 22, 2018

Delhi chief secretary assault case: Haryana officers put black badges

Registering their protest over Delhi chief secretary being allegedly manhandled by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, the IAS offices in Haryana on Wednesday reached offices by putting black badges. Even in a meeting with Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, all the administrative secretaries of the various departments and other IAS officers also reached...

February 22, 2018

Delhi bureaucrats not to meet CM, ministers till Kejriwal apologises

Bureaucrats would not meet or talk over phone to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his ministers or MLAs till Kejriwal accepts and apologises for an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs, the IAS Association said here on Tuesday. Prakash on Tuesday alleged that he was beaten up by AAP MLA Amanatullah...

February 21, 2018

Delhi Chief Secretary row: AAP MLA arrested

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal was arrested by police on Tuesday night in connection with an alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs, an AAP leader said. “One AAP MLA Prakash Jharwal has been arrested by Delhi Police on a frivolous complaint by IAS,” AAP chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj...

February 21, 2018

AAP MLAs hit me in front of Kejriwal: Delhi Chief Secretary

Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash on Tuesday alleged that he was hit by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and another party MLA, who he can identify, in front of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at CM’s residence on Monday night. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) denied the allegation, saying the Chief Secretary was making a false...

February 20, 2018

Kumar Vishwas fires fresh salvos at AAP leadership over Amanatullah row

Two days after the AAP leadership decided to revoke the suspension of party legislator Amanatullah Khan, senior leader Kumar Vishwas attacked the party leadership’s move, dismissing it as a “kitchen cabinet” decision. Speaking to The Statesman on Tuesday, Vishwas said he would expose those “who are bent on destroying the party”. He said Khan, who...

November 1, 2017

AAP defuses crisis, suspends MLA to appease Vishwas

After three days of high-voltage drama, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday defused the crisis gripping the party by managing to work out a compromise formula to pacify its senior leader Kumar Vishwas. As part of the compromise deal, the AAP leadership decided to suspend the Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan from the party's membership....

May 3, 2017

AAP: Vishwas not quitting party, Amanatullah Khan suspended

After receiving a big blow post the MCD poll debacle, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday averted a crisis when its founding members Kumar Vishwas agreed not to quit the party. After attending the Political Affairs Committee meeting of the party along with deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Vishwas thanked his supporters for standing...

May 3, 2017

Amanatullah Khan resigns from AAP party post

A day after accusing senior AAP leader Kumar Vishwas of conspiring to break the party, Delhi MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday night resigned from the party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC). Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal had called a PAC meeting to discuss the issues that arose after the allegations levelled by Okhla MLA...

May 1, 2017

Kejriwal says no rift with Kumar Vishwas

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday denied any rift with senior leader Kumar Vishwas after an AAP MLA accused the latter of trying to break the party at the BJP's behest. Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan alleged that Kumar Vishwas was conspiring to break the party and had asked some legislators to join...

April 30, 2017

Shots fired outside AAP’s Okhla office

Several shots were fired outside the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Okhla office on late Tuesday night. Party MLA Amanatullah Khan has alleged that he was the target, police said. Khan said the shooting was "a desperate act by the Congress supporters". The incident happened post Tuesday midnight outside the AAP office when three rounds were...

April 19, 2017