Protests, prostration as AAP-BJP row over reinstating Delhi’s bus marshals comes to a head

Atishi said, “First, the BJP rendered 10,000 marshals jobless, present they were not acceptable to spell to L-G sahab connected this issue. BJP insisted connected Saturday that a furniture gathering beryllium held. We instantly called one, passed the connection by the Delhi Assembly to regularise autobus marshals, signed it successful the Cabinet, and handed its transcript to the BJP.”

“The BJP was exposed due to the fact that first, it was not acceptable to spell to the L-G bureau and erstwhile yet they went to the L-G office, they were not acceptable to talk to L-G sahab adjacent once,” she added.

After the Cabinet Meeting, chaos erupted extracurricular the Delhi Secretariat with AAP ministers and MLAs seen asking the LoP to conscionable Saxena on with Atishi implicit the matter.

In a station connected X, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal said, “Senior AAP curate Saurabh Bharadwaj adjacent prostrated himself astatine Gupta’s feet to instrumentality the substance forward. I americium arrogant of my ministers and MLAs who are consenting to spell to immoderate extent, adjacent falling astatine someone’s feet, to get the enactment done for the people. I entreaty to the L-G and BJP to halt playing authorities and instantly reinstate autobus marshals.”

At the L-G House, lone Atishi and the BJP MLAs, the AAP alleged, were allowed entry. AAP MLAs opposed this, citing concerns implicit protocol and the CM’s security, triggering a ruckus extracurricular Raj Niwas arsenic well.

Inside Raj Niwas, led by Gupta, the BJP Legislative Party submitted a memorandum to Atishi for the reinstatement of 10,000 autobus marshals dismissed from their jobs connected October 11, 2023, “without immoderate crushed connected instructions of then-Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal”.

“The authorities displayed a non-cooperative and antagonistic cognition successful today’s gathering with the Chief Minister which is profoundly disappointing. The authorities is wholly insensitive to the contented of reinstating the 10,000 marshals. As a result, the marshals and their families are suffering,” Gupta alleged.

The LOP besides alleged, “After gathering the L-G, curate Saurabh Bharadwaj, MLA Kuldeep Kumar, Jarnail Singh, and Rohit Mehroliya, on with anti-social elements, utilized abusive connection and attacked maine extracurricular Raj Niwas. I person lodged a ailment with the Delhi Police regarding some incidents.”

The Delhi BJP said its president Virendra Sachdeva had facilitated the gathering of a delegation of autobus marshals with the L-G and requested him to perceive them. “BJP had consistently stated that Kejriwal archetypal appointed autobus marshals without pursuing due process and past dismissed them to debar scrutiny. After gathering the L-G today, autobus marshals present recognize the truth,” said Sachdeva.

“The benignant of indecent behaviour witnessed contiguous with the Leader of the Opposition and BJP MLAs successful the beingness of the Delhi Chief Minister is impervious of the anarchy successful their party…,” helium added.