Assembly panel summons Kejriwal, Sisodia in 'Phansi Ghar' controversy
New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- The Delhi Assembly's privileges committee has summoned former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, former speaker Ram Niwas Goel, and former deputy speaker Rakhi Birla in connection with the controversial "Phansi Ghar (gallows chamber)", a section of the assembly complex that the previous AAP government claimed had been used by the British to hang freedom fighters, and which was converted in 2022 into a memorial honouring "martyrs".
The issue snowballed into a controversy after the current speaker claimed that the room was no gallows chamber more than a "tiffin room".
The committee, now functioning under the BJP-led government, has called the four AAP leaders to appear on November...
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