AAP will boycott Budget Session if MLAs suspension not revoked: Atishi

Four AAP MLAs were suspended in the last session and removed from the official WhatsApp group of the 70 Delhi legislators, Atishi said.

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will boycott the Budget Session if suspension of four of its legislators is not revoked by the speaker, Leader of Opposition Atishi said on Sunday.

Ahead of the session beginning on Monday, Atishi, in a press conference, accused the ruling BJP of muzzling the party through privilege notices and suspension.

Four AAP MLAs were suspended in the last session and removed from the official WhatsApp group of the 70 Delhi legislators, she said.

AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar, a member of the Delhi Assembly's Public Accounts Committee, was not called for meetings, nor was he sent draft reports of the panel, she said.

"If the unconstitutional suspension of four MLAs - Sanjeev Jha, Kuldeep Kumar, Somdutt and Jarnail Singh - is not revoked, then none of the AAP MLAs will participate in the upcoming session," Atishi warned.

The former Delhi chief minister said she alone was served four Privileges notices besides.

The party will take to the streets with "lakhs of people in their constituencies" if the voice of the opposition is suppressed, she asserted.

The ruling BJP has 48 MLAs in the Delhi Assembly, while the AAP, the main opposition party, has 22 MLAs.

The Delhi Assembly's Budget Session will begin on Monday with the tabling of the Economic Survey report.