New Delhi: The three BJP-ruled municipal corporations in Delhi on Saturday jointly resolved to file an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking a six-month stay on the ongoing sealing drive to give relief to traders, even as a chaos marred the proceedings of the House.
The joint session of the three civic bodies – North, South and East Delhi municipal corporations – had barely started when it was rocked by protests by AAP members.
The BJP councillors also added to the commotion by engaging in heated exchange with their AAP counterparts, as the House witnessed complete pandemonium.
AAP members trooped into the Well of the House, holding placards and raising slogans, some stood on their seats.
Police personnel had to be also deployed to restore normalcy after BJP and AAP councillors confronted each other.
The three mayors – Kamaljeet Sehrawat (South), Preety Agarwal (North) and Neema Bhagat (East) – temporarily left the House, and returned to resume proceedings only after some semblance of order was restored.
The joint House passed two resolutions, one seeking temporary relief for traders from sealing by making an appeal in the court, and the other urging the Delhi government to take up the matter of Master Plan 2021 with the Centre.
"The joint House of the three municipal corporations resolves that an appeal be made in the Supreme Court seeking a six-month stay on the sealing drive and a request be made to the apex court to direct the monitoring committee to halt the sealing for six months," the resolution read, adding that services of the Additional Solicitor General of India be sought to represent the MCD's in court.
The other resolution sought notification of 351 roads across Delhi as of commercial or mixed-land use, by the Delhi government.