AAP tried to project itself as a more gracious ruling party than BJP—which refused to grant leader of opposition (LoP) status to Congress in the Lok Sabha. The party said it will consider granting LoP status to BJP if the latter asked for it. But the oath-taking session led to a face-off between the two parties.
BJP's Rohini MLA Vijender Gupta accused AAP of being "autocratic" and "undemocratic" and said the majority party curtailed the rights of the three-member opposition. Newly elected speaker Ram Niwas Goel rubbished the charge and accused Gupta of politicizing the issue. He made it clear that AAP has no problem talking to BJP on the issue. Gupta, however, tried some political grandstanding and declared that the BJP MLAs were not after any post and that they will work for the people of Delhi.
While setting out his vision for the House, Goel expressed the hope that the opposition would use the space to raise issues linked to public good. Seeking a healthy relationship with BJP, Goel also said that the onus of good Centre-state relations lay on Gupta's shoulders.
The seating arrangement in the House clearly reflected the new power equation. The first three seats on the benches facing Arvind Kejriwal, who's also the leader of the House, were reserved for the BJP members and all benches behind and adjacent to them for two clear rows were left empty; everywhere else there were AAP MLAs.
While both chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia walked over to the opposition benches to shake hands with BJP's Vijender Gupta, OP Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan, the body language reflected the power play. Later, Gupta said in a media conference that he felt all along that the ruling party was trying to belittle BJP MLAs with smiles and remarks.
After Goel was elected speaker, he asked both Kejriwal and Gupta to speak. Kejriwal, following protocol, congratulated the speaker, but Gupta attacked AAP for its alleged gag order on the media at the secretariat. The speaker cut him short midway and said it was not the occasion to discuss all that and that there will be more opportunities in the days to come when he could raise all such issues. Gupta pleaded with Goel to let him continue but the speaker stood firm. At this, an upset Gupta kept standing till the session ended for the day. In between, though, deputy speaker Bandana Kumari was also elected.
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