Amid ruckus, parties fight over right to table budget

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday alleged that the MCD budget presented by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was unconstitutional as the AAP was not in majority in the house, whereas the AAP said that the BJP, over the past month, never formally insisted on taking a count and that the leader of Opposition also read out the Opposition budget proposal on March 3, which acknowledged that the BJP was in the Opposition.

- Paras Singh

Leader of Opposition Raja Iqbal Singh, of the BJP, said: "As soon as the house meeting started, we approached the dais and urged mayor Mahesh Khichi to count the number of councillors according to the party, because the AAP was in the minority. However, without counting, the AAP started the proceedings, which led to the ruckus. It is the responsibility of the ruling party to resolve the deadlock in the house and ensure sm