AAP chief Raghav Chadha on Monday mentioned that his suspension from Rajya Sabha was revoked after 115 days. In a video message, the AAP chief thanked the Supreme Court and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar for revoking his suspension.
“I was suspended from the Rajya Sabha on August 11, 2023. In order to revoke my suspension, I sought assistance from the Supreme Court. After their investigation, my suspension was lifted today, 115 days later. I am grateful to the Supreme Court and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha,” mentioned Chadha.
“We will continue to fight for the rights of the public, raise the issues affecting them and question the government,” he instructed the information company ANI.
Earlier final week, Chadha appeared earlier than the Privileges Committee of Rajya Sabha and put forth his model on the feedback made by him in public on which he’s dealing with a criticism of breach of privilege of the House. Chadha was additionally learnt to have tendered an apology earlier than the panel and instructed the members that he had met the Rajya Sabha Chairman too in regards to the matter.
Chadha was beneath suspension since August 11 after some MPs, most of them from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accused him of including their names to a movement with out their consent. The movement had sought the structure of a choose committee to look at the contentious Delhi Services Bill.
The assembly of the panel occurred after the Supreme Court made some observations in a case filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief towards his suspension. The apex court docket has requested Chadha to tender an unconditional apology to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on the choose committee situation and hoped that the latter would take a ‘sympathetic’ view on the matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had requested Attorney General R Venkataramani to apprise it of the developments within the matter after the Diwali trip.
