Speaker Goel hosts Iftar party, doesn't invite LG

New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Saturday hosted an Iftar party, but did not invite Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal amid the ongoing tussle over an issue related to legislators asking questions on reserved subjects.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam, Environment Minister Imran Hussain and party legislators attended the Iftar organised on the premises of the Delhi Assembly.

Along with the LG, BJP MLAs did not attend Goel's event as well.

Goel had last year invited Baijal to an Iftar party, but the LG had given it a miss.

"I had invited him (LG) to an Iftar party last year, but he did not attend it. He did not give any reason. This year, I decided not to invite him (Baijal)," Goel told reporters.