Overview
- AAP legislators carried sacks of rice into the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday, threw grains during proceedings, and were repeatedly disruptive until Speaker Vijender Gupta ordered eight MLAs marshalled out of the House.
- The party says an Assam-based corporation formally sought about 31,000 tonnes of subsidised rice per week and accuses officials of arranging diversion and resale that it values at a potential Rs. 22,000 crore, a figure AAP itself calculated and which is not an official loss estimate.
- Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa denied any purchase or sale of subsidised rice, said the office only received a representation and will pursue defamation suits if the allegations are not withdrawn.
- AAP has singled out an email by Additional Commissioner Arun Kumar Jha to the Food Corporation of India as central to its claims and said a vigilance action led to his suspension; the Delhi BJP counters that there was no financial involvement by the city government.
- The episode has shifted into institutional terrain with AAP accusing a minister of breaching privileges by ordering marshals, the Speaker and deputies urging Privileges Committee consideration, and both parties signalling possible legal and administrative probes.