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The commencement of the Delhi Assembly's Budget Session saw a dramatic boycott by AAP MLAs, who protested with a symbolic 'arthi' to decry what they called the 'murder' of democracy by the ruling BJP.

 

 

The political confrontation unfolded  on Monday when Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators staged a protest outside the Delhi Assembly on the first day of Budget session of the Assembly, alleging that they were being prevented from entering the House and raising public issues, even as Speaker Vijender Gupta strongly condemned their actions as a violation of parliamentary decorum.

 

Leader of the Opposition, Atishi, had signaled the boycott, citing the unresolved suspension of four AAP legislators from earlier sessions. Despite attempts to enter the Assembly, AAP members were blocked by law enforcement, prompting a protest march.They staged  protest with an 'arthi' (bier), alleging "murder" of democracy by the ruling BJP.

 

The controversy stems from the January suspension of Sanjeev Jha, Jarnail Singh, Som Dutt, and Kuldeep Kumar, accused of disrupting the Lt Governor's address, with AAP asserting this as an attack on democratic voice.

 

Leader of the Opposition Atishi on Sunday said that AAP MLAs would boycott the Budget Session if the suspension of four party legislators in the previous sitting of the House was not revoked.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs tried to enter the Assembly premises but the police stopped them at a barricade. Later, they took out a march outside the Assembly carrying the "arthi".

 

Four AAP MLAs -- Sanjeev Jha, Jarnail Singh, Som Dutt and Kuldeep Kumar -- were suspended in January this year by Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta for disrupting Lt Governor's address to the House. Their suspension has continued as the sitting was not prorogued."We have been elected by the people of Delhi, and we raise their troubles and issues, but the BJP wants us not to raise our voice," Atishi said, adding that the police prevented them from entering the Assembly premises.AAP MLAs alleged that the BJP was openly "murdering" democracy and stifling the opposition's voice.