'Phansi Ghar' row: Panel wants action against AAP leaders
New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Delhi Assembly's Privileges Committee on Tuesday submitted its first report on the controversy surrounding the alleged "phansi ghar" in the legislative complex, recommending action against four AAP leaders - former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, former speaker Ram Niwas Goel and former deputy speaker Rakhi Birla - for wilfully failing to appear despite repeated notices.
In its report, the committee said Kejriwal and the other leaders had "deliberately" and "wilfully" stayed away from its proceedings, and recommended that the House take appropriate action.
The AAP termed the committee proceedings a "distraction exercise", alleging the BJP was avoiding a debate on pollutio...
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