Amid high drama, BJP MLA Vijender Gupta, who is leader of opposition in
Delhi Assembly, was today marshalled out of the House which saw
continued uproar over his party legislator O P Sharma's alleged
derogatory remarks against ruling AAP MLA Alka Lamba. Speaker Ram Niwas
Goel initially asked Gupta to leave the House till 4 PM after he entered
into a war of words with AAP's women MLAs over
He said Goel's action was unwarranted as the House had important
business lined up for the day, including the tabling of the Janlokpal
Bill. BJP member Jagdish Pradhan also walked out of the House following
Gupta's eviction. BJP MLA O P Sharma has already been suspended by the
Speaker for the rest of the session over his remarks against Lamba.
Rebel AAP MLA Pankaj Pushkar will also be unable to take part in the
proceedings of the day as he was suspended till November 30. Earlier,
the woman MLAs of AAP charged that Sharma had used derogatory remarks
against Lamba again during a protest at the Nihal Vihar area today. They
demanded his permanent expulsion from the house and police action
against him.
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