New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House was on Friday (February 24, 2023) rocked by contemporary clashes between the councillors of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with Mayor Shelly Oberoi alleging that a number of members of the saffron camp inflicted life-threatening assault on her. At a press convention, she additionally alleged that her colleague Ashu Thakur was attacked by a BJP councillor.
A large combat broke out between BJP and AAP councillors contained in the House after Oberoi declared that one vote solid through the election to the standing committee of the MCD on Friday was “invalid”.
The House fell into chaos with leaders from each events indulging in punching, kicking and slapping one another.
“When I was announcing the standing committee election result, they (BJP councillors) pushed my chair and attacked me. BJP councillors Ravi Negi, Arjun Marwah, Chandan Choudhary and others inflicted life-threatening attack on me,” Shelly Oberoi alleged.
“When women are not safe inside the municipal House, how can they be safe in Delhi? I have filed a complaint against three BJP councillors and others, and sought police protection,” she added.
मैं BJP के गुंडों से अपनी जान बचाकर भागी। जब Mayor सुरक्षित नहीं है तो देश की महिलाएं क्या सुरक्षित होगी?- Police Station शिकायत लिखाने पहुंची @OberoiShelly | LIVE https://t.co/U32xhJ9M1U
— Aam Aadmi Party Delhi (@AAPDelhi) February 24, 2023
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दिल्ली ही नहीं पूरे देश की जनता को दिखाएं कि BJP के पार्षद कितनी बेशर्मी से Mayor की कुर्सी खींचते हैं, उनको धक्का देते हैं
BJP पार्षद Chandan Chaudhary AAP पार्षद Ashu Thakur को दुपट्टे से खींच खींच कर House से बाहर ले गए, जानलेवा हमला किया।
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— Aam Aadmi Party Delhi (@AAPDelhi) February 24, 2023
The Delhi Mayor stated that poll papers used on Friday have been “torn” and misplaced in order an ethical duty, a contemporary election shall be held for choosing the six members of the standing committee of the MCD on February 27.
She additionally stated that the ruckus amounted to disrespect of the House and the chair of the mayor, and was “sheer hooliganism”.
I used to be dragged by the headscarf: AAP councillor Ashu Thakur
AAP councillor Ashu Thakur alleged that her scarf was wrapped round her neck and that she was dragged from the dais to one of many exit gates of the House.
“I was dragged by the scarf from the dais to an exit door, and if the cloth had tightened longer, it could have suffocated me to death,” she stated.
AAP Senior Leaders Addressing an Important Press Conference | LIVE https://t.co/oXBCGY80yh
— Aam Aadmi Party Delhi (@AAPDelhi) February 24, 2023
