Delhi LG demonetisation scam: AAP MLAs to stay overnight in assembly, demand probe

The House was adjourned amid uproar over allegations of Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena pressurizing his employees to exchange notes that were out of circulation. 1,400 crore in 2016 when he was the chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

Demand for inquiry on Delhi LG VK Saxena

AAP MLA Duregesh Pathak alleged in the Delhi Assembly that Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena pressurized his employees to exchange old notes. 1,400 crores. The AAP MLA has alleged that VK Saxena had asked his employees to exchange old notes in 2016 when he was working as the chairman of KVIC.

There was no immediate response from the LG office on the allegations.

The latest allegations against the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi may further intensify the ties between AAP and VK Saxena. Only last month, VK Saxena had recommended evidence from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the case of alleged irregularities in the excise policy of the Arvind Kejriwal government.

After which raids were conducted at Manish Sisodia’s residence.

“When he was the chairman of KVIC, demonetisation happened and a cashier working there said in writing that he was forced to exchange the notes. It is unfortunate that he was suspended. But we want an inquiry into it. There is a news report. Also there are statements of the affected employees,” said Duregesh Pathak.

Confidence motion to prove you majority

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called a special session of the Delhi Assembly and moved a confidence motion. The move comes in the backdrop of raids by their leaders by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to nab AAP MLAs.

The vote to prove majority will be discussed tomorrow.

CM Kejriwal, while presenting the confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly on Monday, said that this is to prove that the BJP’sOperation Lotus‘ May have been successful in other states, but it failed here because all AAP MLAs are “hardcore honest”.

Kejriwal said the BJP cannot take any AAP MLA as “weapon”. The CM also alleged that the BJP would try to topple the Jharkhand government in the next 15 days. “In 15 days, they will try to topple the Jharkhand government and then the prices of petrol and diesel will go up,” he claimed.

Kejriwal said the current central government is “most corrupt” as it is “buying out MLAs” by taxing common people, while it is waiving off the loans of its “billionaire friends”. This allegation has become quite common among the ruling opposition parties of the country.

Like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Delhi Chief Minister accused the BJP of toppling governments in Manipur, Bihar, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

In some places they even paid 50 crore, he alleged.

“You say you are against corruption but you are buying MLAs. This is the most corrupt (central) government. You will have to face the curse of poor people,” Kejriwal said. next time increase in fuel pricesHe said people will understand where the money is going.

AAP has 62 MLAs in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, while the BJP has eight.

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