Delhi Assembly Sets Feb. 20 Deadline in Atishi Video Case as Punjab Finalises Formal Reply

Overview

• The Assembly Secretariat wrote to Punjab’s Additional Chief Secretary (Home), the Director General of Police and other officers directing individual written replies by February 20, warning that delays could be treated as breach of privilege and contempt.
• The panel requested copies of the Jalandhar FIR, the original complaint, and reports from the Forensic Science Laboratory, the police technical cell and a social media expert.
• Punjab’s Home Affairs department said a consolidated response that incorporates inputs from law‑enforcement and forensic authorities has been prepared and submitted for approval.
• The case originates from a Punjab Police FIR alleging a circulated clip of Atishi’s January 6 Assembly remarks was edited, with a Punjab lab calling the video “doctored” and a separate examination commissioned by the Delhi Assembly finding no tampering.
• Speaker Vijender Gupta referred the matter to the Privileges Committee to examine potential contempt and the roles of senior Punjab police officials, while Atishi denied the allegation and sought access to Assembly recordings.