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NEW DELHI: Raghav Chadha connected Saturday deed backmost astatine the Aam Aadmi Party aft being removed arsenic the party’s lawman person successful the Rajya Sabha and replaced by Ashok Kumar Mittal, rejecting the allegations cited against him.
Terming the determination portion of a “scripted campaign”, Chadha alleged that it was a “coordinated attack” aimed astatine targeting him. In a video shared connected X, helium said helium would exposure “every lie” and responded to each complaint levelled by the party, ending with a fashionable enactment from Dhurandhar: “Ghayal hoon isliye ghatak hoon” (I whitethorn beryllium wounded, but I americium besides stronger due to the fact that of it).
"The Aam Aadmi Party made 3 allegations and said that due to the fact that of these, Raghav Chadha should not beryllium allowed to talk successful Parliament.
I would similar to code each three," helium said."The archetypal allegation is that erstwhile the absorption walks retired of Parliament, I stay seated and bash not articulation them. This is wholly mendacious — a blatant lie. I situation anyone to amusement adjacent a azygous lawsuit wherever the absorption walked retired and I did not articulation them. Parliament has CCTV cameras everyplace — bring retired the footage and the information volition beryllium clear," helium added.He further rejected the assertion that helium refused to motion the impeachment question against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
"The 2nd allegation is that I refused to motion the impeachment question against the Chief Election Commissioner. This excessively is false. No person from the enactment ever asked maine — formally oregon informally — to motion it. In fact, respective Rajya Sabha MPs from the enactment themselves did not motion the motion. So wherefore is the blasted being placed solely connected me? Moreover, specified a question requires 50 signatures successful the Rajya Sabha, and that fig could easy person been met.
So wherefore the noise?" helium said.Tearing into the 3rd allegations of raising "trivial issues" successful the Parliament, Chadha said: "The 3rd allegation is that I americium acrophobic and truthful rise trivial issues. Let maine clarify — I did not spell to Parliament to shout, make chaos, oregon interruption microphones. I went determination to rise nationalist issues. I person spoken connected GST, income tax, Punjab’s water, Delhi’s aerial pollution, the information of authorities schools, strengthening nationalist healthcare, and problems faced by passengers successful Indian Railways.
I person adjacent raised issues similar menstrual health, which radical often hesitate to discuss, on with unemployment and inflation. You tin cheque my four-year parliamentary grounds — I went determination to make impact, not disruption."AAP connected Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha secretariat that Ashok Kumar Mittal has been appointed arsenic its caller lawman person successful the Upper House, replacing Raghav Chadha.Chadha, who has been a Member of Parliament since April 2022, has often drawn attraction for raising cardinal issues successful Parliament. Recently, helium flagged concerns implicit the signifier of “sarpanch pati” oregon “panchayat pati,” wherever women elected to reserved section assemblage seats often stay nominal representatives portion existent authorization is exercised by antheral household members.He urged the authorities to instrumentality steps to guarantee that women elected to Panchayati Raj institutions are capable to workout existent power, successful enactment with the intent of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment.
