New Delhi: Agitated over alleged misbehaviour by a police officer, AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal on Monday raised the issue in Delhi Assembly. Goyal submitted his resignation to Delhi Assembly Speaker, who did not accept it and said the police commissioner will be summoned in the next session of the House.
Speaker Ram Niwas Goel assured strict action in the matter. He said the Delhi Police commissioner will be summoned in the next Assembly session.
The AAP leader claimed that the FIR was filed against him for 'no valid reason'.
The issue was raised by Goel soon after the house, which met for a day-long special session and paid tributes to former president Pranab Mukherjee and the 20 soldiers who got martyred in Galwan Valley clash in Ladakh.
The AAP MLA demanded that the police official, who filed the FIR accusing him of not wearing a mask in public, be terminated as he had filed the report without any reason against him.
He said," The station house officer (SHO) misbehaved with him and should be suspended. If the officer is not suspended, he does not deserve to be a member of the House."
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He claimed in the Assembly that he was wearing a mask when he visited his constituency to check the issue of drug peddling in the area but the SHO filed an FIR against him, alleging that he was not wearing one.
The BJP legislators, including Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, supported Goyal and his demand for action against the police officer. AAP MLA Raghav Chadha said senior police officers should be summoned before a Committee of the Assembly.
A visibly agitated Goyal wanted to leave the House but later relented after the Speaker and other members extended support to him. The one-day session is being held with various safety measures in place in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With PTI inputs
