New Delhi: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Om Prakash Sharma has refused to apologise for making sexist comments against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba. An aggressive Sharma remained adamant on his stand, and maintained that there was nothing derogatory about his statements.
AAP members had protested outside his house in Delhi. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has asked for the matter to be referred to the Ethics committee.
Sharma was suspended from the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday after he made a sexist remark against the AAP MLA. He says he was merely repeating what Lamba had said. The Speaker has suspended Sharma till Thursday.
Slamming OP Sharma for using derogatory remark against Lamba, Delhi Assembly Speaker Ramniwas Goel had on Tuesday said the BJP MLA's "shameful act" has violated the decorum of House. Reacting to continuous protest by the ruling party MLAs over Sharma's remarks, Goel also said the AAP legislators should have patience and should not troop into the Well to lodge their protest.
"Sharma has violated the decorum of the Assembly by using derogatory comment against an AAP woman legislator. It is shameful act," Goel told reporters here.
The House proceedings would have begun if Sharma or Opposition leader Vijender Gupta apologised for the comment, he said.
Slamming Goel, OP Sharma alleged that the Speaker is biased and was favouring AAP MLAs, a charge rejected by the former.
Due to uproar over Sharma's controversial comment against Lamba, two proposed Bills could not be tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday. Besides, questions under 280 were also not raised due to persistent protest by AAP MLAs.
Sharma made the remarks during a discussion on homeless people and night shelters in the city, initiated through a calling attention motion by Vijender Gupta.
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