"Law, order situation deteriorating in Delhi": LoP Atishi attacks BJP

New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): AAP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi, on Thursday claimed that the law and order situation was deteriorating under the ruling party in the national capital.
The LoP in the Delhi Assembly also raised concern over the rejection of opposition members' special mentions on law and order issues.
Speaking to ANI, Atishi said, "The law and order is deteriorating in Delhi. When AAP MLAs wanted to raise this issue in the Assembly, whether it is atrocities on women, rape cases, firing, gangwar, drug cases and extortion calls. Today, the law and order are turning worse."
"When AAP MLAs put forward these issues of the deteriorating law and order situation in the Delhi Assembly, Speaker Vijender Gupta rejected our notices. He said that there would be no discussion in the Assembly over the law and order situation in Delhi. The Delhi Assembly, which is a representative for the people of the national capital, will not hold discussions on it. It seems like Vijender Gupta is trying to hide the failure of the 'double engine' government here," Atishi told ANI.
On the CAG reports, Atishi said, "We welcome (discussion of CAG reports). We are saying that all CAG reports should be tabled."
Earlier in the day, Atishi wrote a letter to Speaker Vijender Gupta, expressing concern over the rejection of opposition members' special mentions on law and order issues," she said.
"The double engine government has failed, so it does not want a discussion," claimed Atishi. She criticised the decision, questioning why discussions on rising crime in Delhi, including cases of rape and shootings, are being prevented from being raised in the legislative assembly.
Atishi pointed out the contradiction in the ruling party's stance, recalling how before the elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had promised that the "double engine government" would solve Delhi's problems.
Atishi said that after the elections, the BJP appears to be shutting down discussions on the very issues they had promised to address.
She urged Speaker Vijender Gupta to ensure that every issue impacting Delhi's residents be discussed in the assembly, calling the refusal to allow such debates an insult to democracy.
She emphasised that preventing discussions on rising crime would not solve the problems the people of Delhi are facing. (ANI)