New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Delhi Assembly has referred to its Privileges Committee the contentious issue surrounding the 2022 inauguration of a so-called "phansi ghar" (execution chamber) on the premises of the legislative building, amid allegations that the historical narrative of the space was falsely portrayed. Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday indicated that former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia, former speaker Ram Niwas Goel, and former deputy speaker Rakhi Bidlan may be summoned by the committee for their involvement in the project. Addressing the media on Thursday after the House session, Speaker Gupta said the four Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders had overseen and attended the August 9, 2022, inauguration of the chamber, which was presented to the public as a so-called "gallows room" where freedom fighters were executed during the colonial era. Gupta told the Assembly that evidence gathered from multiple credible sources, including the National Archives of India, Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the heritage cell of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), and other independent historians, has proven that the room was originally a "tiffin room" or lift shaft, not a site of executions. "No gallows ever existed in this building, nor was there any tunnel leading to the Red Fort, as was falsely claimed," he added. The AAP on Thursday said it is unfortunate that a Speaker is setting a precedent by summoning a former Speaker before the Privileges Committee....