The Delhi Assembly witnessed high drama on Tuesday as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators staged a protest over an alleged “scam”, carrying sacks of rice into the House and throwing some of it during the proceedings.
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“Speaker Sir, today all the members of the House seek your protection. Today, they crossed all limits. AAP MLAs also carried placards inside the house targeting Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, demanding his resignation over an alleged rice scam. It has been three days and they have continuously been creating a ruckus. Kuldeep Kumar took rice out of his pocket and threw it at our members and our officials. “What is happening in the House is the height of indiscipline. “Our government neither purchased any rice nor sold it. Bharadwaj has demanded Sirsa’s resignation, while AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha has also questioned the minister’s role in the matter.
Meanwhile, Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma said AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar took rice out of his pocket and threw it at members and officials. Action should be taken against him,” Verma said. This will not be tolerated at any cost,” he said. Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who has been targeted by AAP over the rice row, denied the allegations and said the Delhi government had neither purchased nor sold any rice. We received a representation from a company which had purchased the rice, and I wrote just one line asking that it be considered,” he said.
