Atishi: Councillors suspended for highlighting corruption

New Delhi: Criticising the BJP-led East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (EDMC) decision to suspend 15 Aam Aadmi Party

councillors

from a House meeting on Wednesday, senior leader and MLA Atishi alleged that the mayor took the action to prevent AAP from highlighting alleged

corruption

in the civic agency.

Addressing a press conference, AAP leaders said that the party will approach the court to challenge the suspension of the councillors from the House.

EDMC mayor on Wednesday said he

suspended

17 members of the opposition AAP from the House for 15 days as they “indulged in misconduct” during the proceedings. However, AAP councillor and leader of opposition in EDMC, Manoj Tyagi, informed that he has information about the suspension of only 15 of his party councillors.

“AAP has repeatedly exposed the true face of BJP in front of the people of Delhi, only for it to ignore and continue indulging in blatant corruption and misgovernance,” said Atishi.

EDMC mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal, however, said that the action was taken after prior warning for at least two times.