Delhi Winter Session begins; pollution, CAG on agenda

Delhi Winter Session begins; pollution, CAG on agenda

The four-day Winter session of the Delhi Assembly beginning on Monday is likely to see heated debates on pollution and three CAG reports that will be tabled by the government.

Besides discussing the root causes of the perennial problem of air pollution and assessing past measures, the Rekha Gupta dispensation will table three CAG reports — on the luxuriously renovated bungalow of Arvind Kejriwal when he was the chief minister, the functioning of the Delhi Jal Board, and Delhi government-run universities during AAP rule.

The BJP had termed the bungalow “Seesh Mahal” during last year’s Assembly poll hustings. The issue of the authenticity of ‘Phansi Bhar is also likely to resonate in the House again as the Business Advisory Committee of the Delhi Assembly will place a resolution on it.

During the Monsoon Session, Chief Minister Gupta had told the House that the structure, which was renovated and inaugurated in 2022 by then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as a “phansi ghar” (execution room), was actually a “tiffin room” as per records. Displaying a 1912 map of the assembly complex, she had said that there was no documentation or evidence indicating that the space was used for executions.