NEW DELHI, 27 February (H.S.) : Two BJP MLAs sought renaming of Najafgarh and Mohammadpur, while

addressing the assembly. Neelam

Pehalwan made such a demand from Rekha Gupta Govt. AAP

MLAs remained suspended for the third day today as they staged a dharna over

alleged denied entry into the House.

The ongoing session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly

started today witnessed high drama on Thursday with Leader of Opposition,

Atishi leading a dharna by suspended AAP MLAs after allegedly being denied

entry into the house. On Tuesday, 21 out of 22 AAP MLAs, including Atishi, was

suspended from the house for 3 days by Delhi Assembly speaker Vijender Gupta. Because,

AAP MLAs staged a protest against the alleged removal of B. R. Ambedkar’s

portrait from the Chief Minister’s office.

In between, 2 BJP legislators submitted proposals to rename

Najafgarh and Mohammadpur while addressing in the House. Woman BJP MLA from Najafgarh assembly seat Neelam Pehalwan

demanded to rename Najafgarh as ‘Nahargarh’.

Hitting out at the BJP, Atishi said the ruling party is

“crossing all limits of dictatorship” after coming to power. Speaking to

reporters, she said police saying AAP MLAs are banned from the Delhi Assembly

premises. “They are saying that they have orders from the speaker to stop the

AAP MLAs at the gate. It has never happened in the entire parliamentary history

of the country,” she added.

Hindusthan Samachar / Meenakshi Bhattacharya