AAP denies asking MLA Alka Lamba to resign over Rajiv Gandhi controversy

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also clarified that Gandhi's name was not part of the resolution that was passed

A day after controversy erupted over demands in the Delhi assembly to take back the Bharat Ratna from former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership claimed that it made no such mention in its resolution on the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.

The party also denied that any MLA was asked to resign – including Alka Lamba, who claimed that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had asked for her resignation.

According to Ram Niwas Goel, speaker of the Delhi assembly, only the original resolution – in which Rajiv Gandhi was not mentioned – was passed in the House. He also said