10-27-2006, 02:18 AM
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Pioneer.com
Deepak Kumar Jha | New Delhi
BJP members in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) came closed to being thrashed by Congress councillors on Thursday for taking their party president's name. They were commenting on Sonia Gandhi's "indifference" on the sealing and demolition issue exercising thousands in the Capital.
The BJP members who are in a miniscule minority at Town Hall were attacked with paper missiles, water bottles, audio systems and later roundly abused by senior Congress members, so much so that the House called to discuss the burning sealing issue had to be adjourned.
The incident occurred in the afternoon, minutes after BJP corporators trooped into the House after participating with traders in true Gandhigiri style outside the Town Hall. <b>The protesters had gathered outside the MCD Headquarters in Chandni Chowk, where they placed colourful bouquets and cards with 'Get Well Soon' messages before the civic authorities and the State Government, in sharp contrast to the violence that had marred their bandh last month</b>.
Unfortunately, discussions within the <b>MCD House turned ugly when BJP councillor Ram Kishen Singhal indulged in Sonia bashing, encouraging his partymen to chant, 'Sonia Hai Hai' and 'Sonia -murdabad'. This led to, as some councillors put it, 'Sanjay Gandhigiri' type of reaction from the Congress benches who enjoys a brute majority in the House</b>. Mayor Farhad Suri had to adjourn the meeting four times.
Worse was to come as Congress councillors attacked Singhal led by Congress member Prem Kumar and Ajit Chaudhary. Members from both parties exchanged abusive words in the presence of their female colleagues.
It all started when Congress councillor from Seelampur, <b>Zamir Ahmed in his address mentioned that they did not take to the streets in Seelampur as "hamein upar se aadesh tha,". </b>This was enough for the BJP members led by Leader of Opposition Subash Arya and Standing Committee member <b>Vijender Gupta to ask Ahmed whether the "aadesh" was from none other than Sonia Gandhi and allege that the Congress wanted the sealing and demolition to continue in the Capital</b>. They were joined by other members from their side.
<b>"The Congress party and the so-called Personal Assistant (PA) of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have a secret agenda and that is why they have not been responding to the problems of Delhiites the way they had in Maharashtra,"</b> alleged Gupta. This led to uproarious scenes with Congress councillors jumping to their feet and literarily pouncing on their BJP counterparts demanding they withdraw their Sonia-centric comments.
The BJP benches steadfastly stood their ground refusing to withdraw or express regret as they claimed there was "nothing unparliamentary about the comment" leading to uproarious scene and final adjournment.
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Pioneer.com
Deepak Kumar Jha | New Delhi
BJP members in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) came closed to being thrashed by Congress councillors on Thursday for taking their party president's name. They were commenting on Sonia Gandhi's "indifference" on the sealing and demolition issue exercising thousands in the Capital.
The BJP members who are in a miniscule minority at Town Hall were attacked with paper missiles, water bottles, audio systems and later roundly abused by senior Congress members, so much so that the House called to discuss the burning sealing issue had to be adjourned.
The incident occurred in the afternoon, minutes after BJP corporators trooped into the House after participating with traders in true Gandhigiri style outside the Town Hall. <b>The protesters had gathered outside the MCD Headquarters in Chandni Chowk, where they placed colourful bouquets and cards with 'Get Well Soon' messages before the civic authorities and the State Government, in sharp contrast to the violence that had marred their bandh last month</b>.
Unfortunately, discussions within the <b>MCD House turned ugly when BJP councillor Ram Kishen Singhal indulged in Sonia bashing, encouraging his partymen to chant, 'Sonia Hai Hai' and 'Sonia -murdabad'. This led to, as some councillors put it, 'Sanjay Gandhigiri' type of reaction from the Congress benches who enjoys a brute majority in the House</b>. Mayor Farhad Suri had to adjourn the meeting four times.
Worse was to come as Congress councillors attacked Singhal led by Congress member Prem Kumar and Ajit Chaudhary. Members from both parties exchanged abusive words in the presence of their female colleagues.
It all started when Congress councillor from Seelampur, <b>Zamir Ahmed in his address mentioned that they did not take to the streets in Seelampur as "hamein upar se aadesh tha,". </b>This was enough for the BJP members led by Leader of Opposition Subash Arya and Standing Committee member <b>Vijender Gupta to ask Ahmed whether the "aadesh" was from none other than Sonia Gandhi and allege that the Congress wanted the sealing and demolition to continue in the Capital</b>. They were joined by other members from their side.
<b>"The Congress party and the so-called Personal Assistant (PA) of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have a secret agenda and that is why they have not been responding to the problems of Delhiites the way they had in Maharashtra,"</b> alleged Gupta. This led to uproarious scenes with Congress councillors jumping to their feet and literarily pouncing on their BJP counterparts demanding they withdraw their Sonia-centric comments.
The BJP benches steadfastly stood their ground refusing to withdraw or express regret as they claimed there was "nothing unparliamentary about the comment" leading to uproarious scene and final adjournment.
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