Panel recommends terminating membership of OP Sharma

The fate of BJP MLA O P Sharma will be decided in the next session of the Delhi Assembly, with the House’s Ethics Committee recommending stripping him off the membership for allegedly making “sexist” remarks against a woman AAP legislator.

The committee submitted its recommendation to Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Wednesday, after investigating the matter for nearly two-and-half months. Goel had suspended Sharma in the middle of the Winter session in November last year for rest of the session for using derogatory language against Alka Lamba in the House. Goel had later referred the matter to the Ethics Committee. Sources said the committee had repeatedly asked Sharma to tender apology to Lamba for his behaviour but he remained defiant following which it decided to recommend terminating his membership. They said a final decision would be taken by the House.