Suspended AAP MLAs Blocked From Entering Delhi Assembly Complex, Police Cite Speaker's Directive

Last Updated:February 27, 2025, 12:35 IST

The AAP vs BJP showdown was witnessed in the national capital on Thursday over the "denial of entry" to AAP MLAs to the Delhi Assembly complex.

AAP MLAs protest outside Delhi Assembly (Photo: X/AAP)

Massive drama unfolded in the national capital on Thursday as Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Atishi claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs were not being allowed entry to the premises on the orders of the Speaker.

The AAP MLAs were suspended on Tuesday for three days for raising slogans and creating a ruckus during L-G VK Saxena’s address in the House.

Today, they claimed that the Delhi Police had placed barricades, barring them from entering the Assembly complex.

LoP Atishi termed the BJP government’s move as “dictatorship" and asked how elected MLAs can be stopped from accessing the Assembly complex.

“This is dictatorship. In the history of the country, this has never happened that you’re not allowing an elected MLA to enter the Assembly complex. You can suspend us from the House, but how can you stop us from entering the premises? How can they stop the LoP from visiting the LoP office?" she said.

She questioned the police and sought a written order to block their entry.

“They (police) don’t even have a written order; they have only placed barricades," she said.

The police replied that they had the Speaker’s directive.

AAP MLAs Stage Protests

The AAP MLAs staged a protest outside the complex, just in front of the barricades, and raised slogans against the government while also raising placards.

“As soon as the BJP government came to power in Delhi, open dictatorship has begun. The elected MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party are not even being allowed to enter the Assembly premises. This attitude of the BJP government, the Assembly Speaker, and the police has crossed all limits of dictatorship and is murdering democracy," she told the reporters.

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