India, Nov. 21 -- New Delhi

Former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday told the Delhi Assembly's Committee of Privileges that ongoing proceedings against him in the Phansi Ghar (gallows) matter were legally untenable, procedurally flawed and beyond the assembly's jurisdiction.

In a detailed seven-page letter addressed to the deputy secretary (legislation), Kejriwal said that the committee could not summon him for an event that took place during the previous assembly's tenure, nor convert the proceedings into a "coercive" exercise.

"...the Committee of Privilege has narrow and limited jurisdiction. It cannot transgress into a factfinding inquiry; neither to deliberate nor to call for de...