A day after the MCD House brawl that left a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor injured.
The BJP released a poster on social media blaming Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Atishi for orchestrating the entire episode.
The BJP shared the poster with Atishi’s photo on Twitter and wrote, “AAP’s villainess, who caused the MCD house brawl.” The poster that has photos of Atishi and BJP councillors terms the brawl as the most shocking drama in 2023. It says it was a film produced by the AAP and directed party chief Arvind Kejriwal with Atishi as the villainess.
Meanwhile, cops have said that complaints had been registered by the BJP and the AAP against each other, but no FIR was filed.
A fight broke out in the MCD House on Friday as BJP and AAP members kicked, punched and pushed one another amid shouting after Mayor Shelly Oberoi declared one vote invalid in the election to a key six-member municipal committee on Friday.
During the ruckus, which forced the adjournment of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House proceedings till February 27, a councillor, Ashok Manu, collapsed. He was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi alleged that BJP members got agitated and attacked the Delhi mayor when they sensed their party would lose the election. The mayor had to run out of the House, she said.
“Today is a black day. Mockery of Constitution was done and today, the House saw a black day. We called the BJP councillors and asked them about their demands and we got reelection done but still they attacked me,” Oberoi told reporters.
All ballot papers have been torn and reelection of members of the Standing Committee — the apex decision-making body of the MCD — will be held again on February 27, the mayor said.
Both the BJP and the AAP blamed each other for the incident that forced the mayor to adjourn the House.
In a video, councillors from both parties were seen hurling water bottles and apples at each other inside the House, while in another, women councillors were seen hitting each other. Some BJP members also flashed posters with slogans such as ‘Tanashahi nahin chalegi’ and a few councillors were seen with kurtas torn.