Tag: Delhi Assembly

Graces discarded

If an accusing finger can be pointed at any single individual, it must be directed at the first presiding officer of the Metropolitan Council, the forerunner of the Delhi Assembly.

December 16, 2018

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan thanks Delhi Assembly for flood relief donation

AAP MLAs had decided to donate a month's salary to the flood-hit state. The Delhi government had also donated Rs 10 crore to flood-ravaged Kerala.

November 8, 2018

AAP submits 10 lakh letters to PM for Delhi’s statehood

All Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators of the national capital, led by party leader and Minister Gopal Rai, on Monday submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi 10 lakh letters with Delhi’ites’ signatures demanding full statehood for Delhi. They first assembled at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence and then proceeded to the PM’s office to submit …

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August 28, 2018

Progressive adieu

A perhaps positive fall-out of the gradual eclipse of our comrades from the political forefront is that the term “progressive” has discarded its political connotation, and been restored to its original meaning ~ that is forward looking. And it is in that sense that there is reason to commend one of the final orders from …

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August 13, 2018

House panel head raps LG for desilting irregularities ‘cover-up’

The chairman of the Delhi Assembly’s Petitions Committee, Saurabh Bharadwaj, on Saturday accused Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal of permitting IAS officers to move the Delhi High Court against the Delhi Assembly panel instead of initiating inquiry into desilting “irregularities” as pointed out by the panel. Addressing a press conference, Bharadwaj said the Committee had recommended …

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July 15, 2018

Delhi Assembly forms new panel to monitor bureaucrats’ behaviour, work

The 'House Committee on violation of protocol norms and contemptuous behaviour by government officers with MLAs' will be chaired by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj and comprise 9 MLAs

April 24, 2018

BJP MLAs demand discussion on water crisis, Gupta marshalled out of House

Opposition leader Vijender Gupta was marshalled out of Delhi Assembly on Monday while three other BJP legislators staged a walkout to register their protest after their request for a discussion on “water crisis” in the city was turned down. As the House proceedings began, Opposition members showed bottles of contaminated water allegedly being supplied in …

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April 10, 2018

Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra marshalled out of Delhi Assembly

Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra was marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly on Thursday after he demanded removal of a topic of discussion from the day's agenda.

April 5, 2018

APP govt report flays LG

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators on Wednesday demanded resignation of the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal after a report card highlighting major delays by him in the approval of schemes was tabled in the Delhi Assembly. However, the LG office was quick to reject the report terming it “incorrect”. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, …

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April 5, 2018

AAP protests BJP MLA’s ‘casteist remark’, Assembly adjourned

Speaker Ram Niwas Goel adjourned the Delhi assembly for about half-an-hour on Wednesday afternoon after AAP MLAs protested over an alleged “casteist remark” by BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa. As soon as the assembly session began on Wednesday, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Nitin Tyagi urged the Speaker to suspend Sisra from the house for terming …

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April 4, 2018

Uproar in House on BJP legislator’s ‘anti-Dalit’ remark

The Delhi Assembly on Tuesday was adjourned when Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators created a ruckus over the remarks made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manjinder Singh Sirsa in which he referred Dalit community as “chotti jati” (low caste). Sirsa was speaking in a calling attention session ~Rule 54~ on the hardships being …

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April 4, 2018

I feel very sad, LG Baijal obstructing every scheme of Delhi govt: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that LG is practically obstructing every scheme and every project of the government.

March 30, 2018

LG, BJP synonymous, hampering growth of the poor, traders: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday slammed the Central government and Lt Governor Anil Baijal for hampering the works done by his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in favour of the poor in the capital. Addressing the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal said that people voted BJP to power in the Centre and AAP in Delhi, hoping …

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March 28, 2018

Assembly passes resolution to make stalking non-bailable

The Delhi Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution seeking amendments to existing laws in the national capital to award the death penalty to those convicted of raping minors and to make stalking a non-bailable offence. The resolution, moved by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj, demanded that the Delhi government present a Bill asking the Centre to …

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March 28, 2018

Delhi Assembly passes 2018-2019 Budget

The Delhi Assembly on Tuesday passed the Rs 53,000 crore “green” Budget for 2018-19, with the maximum share for education and health in allocations and a focus on fighting pollution, including commissioning of 1,000 electric buses and subsidies for switching to non-polluting fuel. Of the total budgetary allocations, up from Rs 48,000 crore in 2017-18, …

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March 27, 2018

LG-AAP government tussle over jurisdiction rocks Delhi Assembly

The tussle between the Delhi Lt Governor and the AAP government on Monday reached the state assembly after Speaker Ram Niwas Goel announced that Lt. Governor Anil Baijal has said that the Speaker cannot accept any question on reserved subjects, like land, law and order, and services among others. “Secretariat has also received copies of …

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March 26, 2018

Encroachments: AAP slams officers for not filing proper reply

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators on Monday slammed bureaucrats for not giving a properly written reply to an Assembly question. Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel later referred the matter to the Question and Reference Committee of the House. The question was related to encroachments in the city and “the officers who allowed these encroachments”. Last …

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March 26, 2018