Kapil Mishra, AAP MLAs clash inside Assembly

The Delhi Assembly on Wednesday nearly turned into a wrestling ring, after sacked Water Minister Kapil Mishra and a few Aam Aadmi Party MLAs reportedly clashed inside the House.

The incident occurred around 20 minutes into the proceedings of the House – convened to clear the state GST Bill – as Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta moved a calling attention motion to discuss an alleged scam in procurement of medicines for government hospitals, an issue also raised by Mishra recently.

Soon, Mishra took out a banner referring to the corruption allegations he had levelled against the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government.

In response, AAP MLAs – including Madan Lal, Jarnail Singh – reportedly lunged at Mishra and dragged him and tried to snatch the poster from him.

Eventually, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel intervened and ordered marshals to take Mishra out of the House.

Later, Goel adjourned the House for 15 minutes.

"I was not allowed to speak. The moment I attempted to speak, four to five AAP MLAs started hitting me. It is perhaps for the first time that MLAs have been used to muffle a dissenting voice inside the House," Mishra told reporters outside the Assembly.

Mishra further alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was behind the entire episode, saying the MLAs rushed towards him after he (Sisodia) "prompted" them to do so.

Mishra unfurled a banner demanding a special session of the Assembly at Ramlila Maidan to discuss corruption allegations pertaining to Kejriwal and Jain.

Reacting to the episode, Goel condemned the entire incident, saying: "Whatever happened today inside the Delhi Assembly is unfortunate. I am deeply disturbed with the incident. Whatever they (AAP MLAs) did was wrong. The MLAs should not have left their seats."