AAP says suspension of councillors from EDMC house 'illegal', to approach court

New Delhi: The AAP on Thursday termed as illegal the suspension of its councillors from the BJP-ruled EDMC House, alleging that the Mayor of the civic body took such an action to prevent them from raising the issue of corruption.

Addressing a press conference, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi said that the party will approach the court to challenge the suspension of the councillors from the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) House.

EDMC Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal 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, Manoj Kumar Tyagi, the AAP councillor and the Leader of Opposition in the EDMC, told that he has information about the suspension of only 15 of his party councillors.

Tyagi is one the AAP councillors suspended from the EDMC House.

Fifteen AAP councillors have been suspended because the ruling BJP do not have courage to face the questions on the issue of corruption in the civic body and its failure in preventing the spread of dengue In Delhi, Atishi told reporters.

Suspension of the AAP councillors is illegal. We will approach the court, she added.

Lashing out at Aggarwal, Tyagi alleged some of the BJP councillors made indecent comments against the AAP women councillors during the proceedings of the House but he did not take any action against them.

Some BJP councillors made indecent comments against our women councillors which was shameful and unfortunate. We demanded their suspension. But instead of suspending them, the Mayor suspended AAP councillors. Mayor of a civic body is supposed to be neutral, he charged.

The AAP councillors were suspended just because they wanted a discussion on the spread of dengue cases and the steps taken by the EDMC for the prevention of the disease in Delhi, he added.