'Begani shaadi mei abdulla diwana' — Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hits out at L-G over Finland teachers' tour

> "L-G told me that it is because of him that BJP won 104 seats in the MCD else BJP would not have won even 20"

> "I told the L-G that you are using the same language as the viceroy: ‘You bloody Indians you don’t know how to govern’...L-G is saying 'You bloody Indians, you don’t know how to govern'".

> "My teachers never checked my homework the way the L-G is checking my files: handwriting is bad, spelling is wrong, comma is not here etc."

> "Supreme Court says that there is no independent authority vested in Lieutenant Governor to take decisions...but, L-G argued that he is the administrator and has supreme powers."

> "What gives you power to order cost benefit analysis? So many BJP MPs and MLAs have studied abroad. Did their parents do any cost benefit analysis?...I don’t object to that. I object to the mindset of not allowing children of the poor to get good education. L-G saab has the same mindset."

> "How did you appoint 10 Aldermen...He said administrator shall appoint 10 aldermen. Then, I showed the 2019 SC order where it said that - places where administrator is written, it would also apply to ministers."

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Tuesday suspended five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs for the day after they protested against AAP MLA Atishi's calling attention motion on the issue of alleged "illegal interferences" of Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena in the education of children and training of teachers.

BJP legislators Ajay Mahawar, Jitendra Mahajan, OP Sharma, Abhay Verma and Anil Bajpai were marshalled out of the House on Goel's directions. Introducing the calling attention motion, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Atishi said Delhi is the only state which has earmarked a quarter of its budget for education.

The Kejriwal government has increased the budget for training of teachers by 10 times which has transformed the education system in the capital, she said. "The LG's order to stop teachers from training in Finland is illegal. He holds a constitutional post and is not a BJP agent. He doesn't have power to take independent decisions according to Supreme Court orders," Atishi said.

AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed officers were obstructing works at "the behest of the BJP-appointed LG while the BJP MLAs are alleging that Delhi government is not able to work".

AAP MLAs staged repeated protests against LG Saxena's alleged interference in the working of the city government, leading to repeated adjournments.