New Delhi: High voltage drama was seen between Aam Aadmi Party and BJP leaders regarding the deployment of marshals in buses in Delhi. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi along with ministers approached the Lieutenant Governor to confirm the deployment of marshals. However, it is alleged that BJP MLAs started running away from the secretariat itself. So AAP leaders stopped him by holding his feet.
The video and pictures of this entire drama were widely discussed on social media. Aam Aadmi Party claims that when BJP MLAs got ready to meet the Lieutenant Governor, they started running, then Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj stopped the MLAs by holding their legs, while Chief Minister Atishi sat in the car of BJP leaders. A cabinet note was passed before the BJP MLAs for re-deployment of marshals in buses. Which went to hand over to the Lieutenant Governor.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi arrived to meet the Lieutenant Governor in the car of a BJP MLA. You claim that this was done so that these MLAs do not run away later. However, after this incident, Saurabh Bhardwaj, AAP MLAs and bus marshals were taken into custody. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdev said that Aam Aadmi Party has failed. Even before these plays, we had held a meeting with the Lieutenant Governor for the approval of the marshals.
When Chief Minister Atishi said that BJP MLAs had come to meet me. We explained to the MLAs that the approval of marshals is in the hands of the Lieutenant Governor. Marshals were deployed in public buses, last year alone about 10,000 of these marshals were removed and the reason given was that these employees were appointed only to perform disaster related work.