High drama prevailed at the Delhi Assembly on 31 May when a few AAP MLAs and sacked minister Kapil Mishra came to blows as the latter held out a banner with allegations of corruption against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Party MLAs, including Madan Lal, Jarnail Singh, were seen lunging at Mishra and dragging him as he raised a poster referring to the allegations, before Speaker Ram Niwas Goel ordered him to be marshalled out of the House.
Later, Goel adjourned the House, which was convened to pass the state GST bill, for 15 minutes.
According to reports, the incident occurred after Mishra tried to raise slogans against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendra Jain. Following the ruckus, Mishra said he would expose Kejriwal and Jain in public.
“I was not allowed to speak. The moment I attempted to speak, four to five AAP MLAs started hitting me. It is perhaps for the first time that MLAs have been used to muffle a dissenting voice inside the House,” Mishra told reporters.
Mishra also alleged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was behind the entire episode, saying that the MLAs rushed towards him after he "prompted" them to do so.
I wrote a letter to Delhi Assembly Speaker over alleged corruption by Kejriwal. And they did not allow me to speak today, and also attacked me.Kapil Mishra
Mishra was serving as the AAP government’s Minister for Water before a tussle broke out between Kejriwal and him.
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