India, March 13 -- New Delhi

Leader of Opposition (LoP) Atishi of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Assembly speaker Vijender Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got into a war of words over the recently concluded assembly session. Atishi accused Gupta of partisanship and "undermining democratic norms" in the recently concluded session, and Gupta shot back, saying the LoP was trying to find fault with the speaker's lawful directions "instead of apologising" for AAP MLAs' disruptive behaviour.

According to a session bulletin issued by the Delhi Assembly secretariat on Monday, the five-day Budget Session will begin on March 24, the budget will be presented on March 25 and a general discussion on it will be held on March 26.

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