Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights: BJP, AAP clash over Babasaheb Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh photo row

Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights: Addressing the controversy around the BJP allegedly taking down photos of Babsaheb Ambedkar in government offices, BJP leader Ramesh Bhiduri slammed Arvnd Kejriwal, stating that he had put up pictures of himself next to Ambedkar, and was a “vote bank politics thug.”

“As per the Constitution created by Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the photographs of persons holding constitutional posts are put up in government offices!Baba Saheb's photo has not been removed from the offices of the Chief Minister and ministers of Delhi. Rather, the photos of His Excellency the President, who holds constitutional posts and belongs to the tribal society, and the Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi ji have also been put up in the offices under the Constitution.”

He added, “But we should not forget that the vote bank politics thug Arvind Kejriwal had insulted Baba Saheb by placing his picture next to his. Now the same people are pretending to respect him. The true respect for Baba Saheb is to follow his thoughts.”

Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights According to the CAG report on the liquor excise policy in Delhi, several liquor wholesalers failed to submit mandatory quality tests as per BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) rules.

The report on 2021-22 excise policy also pointed out that in 51 per cent of foreign liquor test cases, reports were either older than 1 year, missing, or had no date.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights: Delhi PWD minister Parvesh Verma, who defeated Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi assembly elections said after the release of the first CAG report in assembly, that the former Delhi CM should apologise to the people of the city.

“Arvind knows how many thousand crores of scams he has done, so I feel that after the CAG report, Arvind Kejriwal should apologize to the people of the country, and he should take some steps to atone for his sins,” Verma said.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights:During the Delhi assembly session, BJP MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely slammed AAP leaders who had alleged that the BJP had taken down photos of Bhagat Singh in government offices.

The MLA said, “You will show Bhagat Singh's photo. What did Bhagat Singh say that you should commit liquor scam and go to jail? Did Bhagat Singh say that you should commit scam in schools? Do scam in health?”

Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights: The Aam Admi Party on Tuesday posted a video on X and claimed that despite the “hooliganism” of the BJP they had managed to pass a proposal to regularise employees and waive house tax.

In the post they said, “A big achievement of the AAP government of MCD Despite BJP's hooliganism in the MCD House, the AAP government passed the proposal to regularise the employees and waive off the house tax. Under no circumstances will we allow BJP to snatch the rights of the people of Delhi.”

Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights: Delhi assembly speaker Vijender Gupta in a post on X stated that he was “pained” that the previous government led by AAP had suppressed the CAG reports.

“It is a surprising fact that the CAG report has not been tabled in the House since the year 2017-18. In this regard, when I was the Leader of the Opposition, the MLAs under my leadership had requested the Hon'ble President, the then Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the then Chief Minister, Finance Minister and Chief Secretary to table the CAG report in the House,” he said.

He added, “It was very important to get information about the financial condition of the state. I am very pained that the CAG report was suppressed and the previous government deliberately violated the constitutional provisions by not presenting this report in the House.”

Delhi Assembly session 2025 highlights: Delhi LoP Atishi said on Tuesday that the CAG report had dedicated 7 chapters to the old liquor policy and only one to the new liquor excise policy, exposing how the older policy had been flawed and AAP was right to replace it.

“The Delhi government had exposed the flaws and corruption of the old excise policy to the people of Delhi. Under that policy, liquor was brought illegally from Haryana and UP. This report is repeating the same thing that we said that the people of Delhi are incurring losses due to the old policy. This policy makes it clear that the AAP government took the right decision by removing the old policy,” she said.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: Former CM Atishi during a press conference addressed the CAG report on the liquor excise policy of 2021 and said, “This report has confirmed our point. There was corruption in how much liquor was being sold. This report shows that more than 28 per cent of corruption was being done by the contractors, and the money was going into the pockets of the brokers.”

She also stated, "This report shows that black marketing of liquor was happening, and everyone knew which party people had the liquor contracts. The liquor contractors made profits by calculating the cost price in an incorrect manner."

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: ‘AAP MLA Atishi held a press conference and demanded a probe into “BJP's ED, BJP's LG Saxena and BJP's CBI”, alleging that a ₹2,000 crore loss to the exchequer, highlighted in a CAG report, was due to hindrances caused to the implementation of the policy.

Atishi stated that the same policy had been implemented in Punjab and had lead to a growth in revenue for the government. She stated that due to interference caused by the BJP, the policy could not be implemented properly causing losses to the exchequer.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: During a press conference today, former Delhi chief minister Atishi stated that the BJP had suspended 21 AAP MLAs from the Delhi assembly as they “could not bear to hear Babasaheb Ambedkar's name.”

During the assembly session AAP MLAs had protested and alleged that the BJP had removed photos of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh from government offices.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: Delhi minister Kapil Mishra slammed the former AAP government after a CAG report on the liquor excise policy of 2021-2022 was released in assembly today.

“The CAG report is in front of everyone. Those who used to roam around with a bundle of corruption, today their corruption report is in front of everyone. It is shameful that Arvind Kejriwal and his gang are not ready to open their mouth on this,” said Mishra.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: Delhi minister and BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa slammed the Aam Admi Party during a special session of the Delhi assembly and said, “even when AAP was in power, they used to create drama; today when they are in opposition, they are still creating drama.”

He added, “Today they knew that the cloak of honesty that they were wearing had so many stains on it for the last 10 years, that white cloak had turned black. But till now they could not understand that the people of Delhi have thrown out AAP because of corruption.”

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: The Delhi Assembly sessions have been extended by two days till March 3.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Tuesday hit out at the BJP, accusing it of removing the portraits of Dr B.R. Ambedkar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh from government offices.

"Bhimrao Ambedkar ji is the architect of the Indian Constitution. He gave direction to the country, and even today, the youth take inspiration from him and Shaheed Bhagat Singh, who sacrificed his life for India's freedom. The BJP has always had a mentality that is a national enemy," Singh said.

He also questioned if the BJP would drag other leaders out of the assembly for asking about why they had insulted the great leaders of the country.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: Delhi assembly speaker Vijender Gupta suspended 21 AAP MLAs from the legislative assembly for the next 2 days till February 28.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: The Delhi Assembly has extended its sessions by two days till March 1.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: Delhi minister Ashish Sood stated that AAP was afraid of their corruption being exposed after the first of 14 CAG reports was tabled in the Delhi assembly today.

“They will create ruckus because they are afraid that their corruption may come out in the CAG report," he said.

The Delhi government suffered cumulative losses of over ₹2,000 crore due to the 2021-2022 excise policy, according to a CAG report tabled in the assembly.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: During a press briefing, BJP leaders, Virendra Sachdeva, Manoj Tiwari, Praveen Del asked Arvind Kejriwal to answer for the losses he had caused to Delhi's revenue due to an alleged liquor excise policy scam.

BJP Delhi President Virendra Sachdeva also stated that the ₹2000 crore loss of revenue was only the tip of the iceberg and that the corruption of the AAP would also be exposed soon.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: AAP MLA Gopal Rai said, as quoted by PTI, "Since last two years, it is being said that there has been big corruption. All the top agencies of BJP - ED, CBI - conducting several raids but nothing was found. Leaders were put in jail. We are ready for probe but what about the corruption of Modiji and Adaniji?"

His comments come after the CAG report was tabled in the Delhi assembly, reportedly indicating the loss of revenue during Arvind Kejriwal's tenure as Delhi CM.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: BJP leader Amit Malviya commented on the CAG report which was tabled in the Delhi assembly today and said, “This report highlights gross mismanagement, corruption, healthcare infrastructure failures, and staff shortages in Delhi’s public health system over six years. Arvind Kejriwal ruined Delhi.”

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: The CAG report on the Delhi Excise Policy, tabled by chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday, mentioned that the excise policy 2021-22 was implemented to simplify liquor trade, check monopoly and ensure a better consumer experience. However, these objectives were not achieved.

The report also mentioned that there was a lack of scrutiny by the Excise Department with regard to the financial capacity, management expertise and the ability to survive as a going concern.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: BJP leader Baijayant Jay Panda said, "The BJP is committed to rooting out corruption in Delhi and has performed the constitutional duty and our commitment to the people of Delhi and the CAG report has been placed on the table. You saw this bizarre spectacle of 'AAPda' MLAs disrupting the House to prevent the CAG report."

"Just by delaying or by trying to prevent a CAG report from being laid on the table, they can not hide from the people of Delhi the massive corruption which has come out," he told PTI.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: House proceedings adjourned till 2 pm.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: The CAG report tabled in the Delhi Assembly by CM Rekha Gupta on Tuesday showed that the state government suffered cumulative losses of more than ₹2,000 crore due to the 2021-2022 excise policy for reasons ranging from weak policy framework to deficient implementation.

The report has also flagged violations in the process of issuing licences. It has pointed out that recommendations of an expert panel, formed to suggest changes for the formation of the now scrapped policy, were ignored by then deputy chief minister and excise minister Manish Sisodia, a PTI report said.

Delhi Assembly session 2025 live updates: BJP MLA Tarvinder Singh Marwah said that the opposition leaders were out of the Delhi assembly today, adding that it would have been a treat to criticise their faults had they been present in the House as well.