Following a Delhi High Court decision on Friday, Raghav Chadha, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, is now permitted to stay in the government-allocated home. The MP for Punjab claimed that he was battling to “save the constitution” and believed that the cancellation of the allotment was the result of “political vendetta.”
“I want to thank the Delhi High Court from the bottom of my heart for setting aside a lower court order related to my government bungalow and giving its verdict in favour of me and justice…This is not a fight for home or shop but to save the Constitution. I am happy that justice has prevailed…” he said.
The AAP leader wrote about his recent suspension from the Rajya Sabha in a letter that was posted on Twitter, adding that the Supreme Court had given the Rajya Sabha secretariat a notice over the case.
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat was asked to respond to the top court’s request for information earlier on Monday about Chadha’s appeal contesting his indefinite suspension from the Upper House. In order to resolve the matter, it also requested the attorney general’s aid.
The MP also claimed that opposition voices were being “deliberately targeted” in his missive from Tuesday.
“Opposition voices — those who represent the concerns of millions of Indians — are being deliberately targeted. Till now I have delivered two speeches in Parliament holding the BJP-led Central government accountable. After my first speech my official accommodation was cancelled. After my second speech my membership as a parliamentarian was suspended,” he added.
Calling the incident an “unprecedented departure from democratic norms”, the senior AAP leader alleged that it was the “first time in the 70-year history of the Rajya Sabha” that a member faced such “political harassment” for holding the government accountable.
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Source: LIVE Mint
