Delhi Assembly budget session likely to start on stormy note over sealing

The Delhi Assembly's Budget Session is likely to begin tomorrow on a stormy note, with both the ruling AAP and opposition BJP planning to corner each other over several issues such as the ongoing sealing drive and the government-bureaucracy tussle.

The government will table its annual budget in the House on March 22.

AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said that he would move a resolution tomorrow asking the central government to stop sealing, which is likely to be passed by the Delhi Assembly.

Bharadwaj said he has also submitted a notice for short discussion on the issue tomorrow.

The Budget Session will start with the speech of Lt Governor Anil Baijal in the morning on the achievements and plans of the AAP government and in the afternoon, the House will again sit where both the AAP and BJP are expected to initiate heated debate on sealing and the recent alleged attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.

Conventionally, the first day of the budget session is concluded after the L-G's speech, but it will last throughout the day following submission of notices by legislators from both the ruling AAP and opposition BJP for discussions and resolutions on sealing issues.

Bharadwaj said, "I will move a resolution demanding that Centre should either pass an ordinance or bring moratorium on the sealing of commercial establishments as it has done in case of unauthorised colonies."