‘Women are coming for signatures, at least dress properly’: Delhi CM targets AAP MLA over viral video

Rekha
Gupta
c iticised
AAP
MLA
ove
his
atti e.

NEW
DELHI:
Delhi
chief
mi iste
Rekha
Gupta
o
Mo day
took
a
dig
at
Aam
Aadmi
Pa ty
(AAP)
MLA
A il
Jha
Vats
ove
a
vi al
video
showi g
him
sitti g
i
his
u de ga me ts
while
sig i g
docume ts
fo
people
i
his
co stitue cy.The
video,
which
has
su faced
o
social
media,
shows
the
AAP
MLA
f om
Ki a i
i
o thwest
Delhi
seated
c oss-legged
i
a
chai ,
wea i g
a
vest
a d
sho ts,
with
a
saff o
cloth
d aped
ac oss
his
lap.The
video
was
epo tedly
eco ded
while
Jha
was
sig i g
applicatio
fo ms
f om
co stitue ts
fo
a
Delhi
gove me t
scheme
p ovidi g
fi a cial
assista ce
to
wome .
Seve al
people,
i cludi g
wome ,
ca
be
see
waiti g
i
a
queue
i
f o t
of
Jha’s
desk
as
he
sig s
the
docume ts.Refe i g
to
the
video
du i g
the
Mo soo
Sessio
of
the
Delhi
assembly,
Rekha
Gupta
c iticised
the
MLA
ove
his
atti e
a d
said
public
ep ese tatives
should
mai tai
deco um,
pa ticula ly
whe
i te acti g
with
wome
co stitue ts.”You
behaviou
is
shameful.
You
should
at
least
d ess
p ope ly
whe
wome
come
to
you
to
get
thei
pape s
sig ed,”
the
chief
mi iste
said.”Tell
them
to
get
the
sig boa d
emoved
i
such
a
situatio .

I
saw
thei
eel.
Delhi’s
people
a e
questio i g
you.
You
should
be
ashamed.
I
have
see
the
eco di gs.
This
is
ot
how
a
Vishakhyak
(public
ep ese tative)
should
behave,”
she
added.

The
BJP
leade
fu the
said
that
the
dig ity
a d
espect
of
wome
must
be
p otected
i
public
life
a d
that
i dece t
behaviou
o
objectio able
gestu es
towa ds
wome
we e
i co siste t
with
democ atic
values
a d
the
dig ity
of
the
House.She
added
that
p otecti g
wome ‘s
dig ity
was
the
collective
espo sibility
of
all
elected
ep ese tatives
a d
said
the
Delhi
gove me t
was
committed
to
safegua di g
the
ights
a d
dig ity
of
wome .Rekha
also
accused
Jha
of
maki g
obsce e
gestu es
du i g
the
assembly
p oceedi gs
a d
dema ded
actio
agai st
him.“The
House
is
the
sup eme
fo um
fo
democ atic
deco um
a d
dig ity.
The
u civil
behavio
of
the
Aam
Aadmi
Pa ty
a d
thei
MLA
will
ot
be
tole ated
u de
a y
ci cumsta ces.
A
complai t
will
be
lodged
at
the
app op iate
level
i
this
ega d,”
she
said
while
speaki g
to
epo te s.

A il
Jha
Vats
de ied
allegatio Jha
de ied
the
chief
mi iste ‘s
allegatio
a d
challe ged
he
to
p oduce
video
evide ce
of
him
maki g
a y
such
gestu es.

“Let
them
show
it,
b i g
out
the
video,
what
did
I
say?
Thei
people
discuss
so
ma y
thi gs
he e,
but
the
Chief
Mi iste
does
ot
say
a ythi g
about
that.
Whe
the
histo y
of
the
futu e
is
w itte
a d
such
i sta ces
of
bias
a e
discussed,
the e
will
be
big
questio
ma ks
ove
them.
No
o e
made
a y
gestu e…”
he
said.The
chief
mi iste
also
lau ched
a
b oade
attack
o
the
p evious
AAP
gove me t,
allegi g
that
it
had
ca ied
out
scams
wo th
mo e
tha
Rs
30,000
c o e,
the
bu de
of
which
was
ow
bei g
bo e
by
Delhi
eside ts.”If
I
sta t
listi g
the
chai
of
scams,
you
would
get
ti ed
of
hea i g
scam
afte
scam.
Sheesh
Mahal
scam,
liquo
scam,
class oom
scam,
a bit atio
scam,
tuitio
fee
scam,
hospital
scam,
e-way
bill
scam,
subsidy
scam,
adve tiseme t
scam,”
Rekha
said.The
excha ge
comes
amid
a
political
co f o tatio
betwee
the
BJP-led
Delhi
gove me t
a d
the
oppositio
AAP
du i g
the
o goi g
Mo soo
Sessio
of
the
assembly.

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