New Delhi: The AAP has not been invited to an all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the border conflict with China, two senior party leaders claimed on Friday.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the party has a government in Delhi and in Punjab, it is the main opposition party, but still the BJP does not want its opinion.
“A strange ego-ridden government is running at the Centre. The Aam Aadmi Party has a government in Delhi. Punjab has a main opposition party. There are four MPs all over the country, but still the BJP does not want its opinion on such an important matter. What will the prime minister say in the meeting, the whole country is waiting for it,” Singh also tweeted.
केन्द्र में एक अजीब अहंकार ग्रस्त सरकार चल रही है आम आदमी पार्टी की दिल्ली में सरकार है पंजाब में मुख्य विपक्षी पार्टी है 4 सांसद हैं देश भर में संगठन लेकिन किसी महत्वपूर्ण विषय पर भाजपा को AAP की राय नही चाहिये कल की बैठक में प्रधानमंत्री जी क्या बोलेंगे पूरे देश को इंतज़ार है?
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) June 18, 2020
He also said that during a national emergency, all parties should be brought together.
भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद पर प्रधानमंत्री जी के द्वारा बुलायी गयी बैठक में तीन बार के चुने हुए मुख्यमंत्री व @AamAadmiParty के राष्ट्रीय संयोजक @ArvindKejriwal को न शामिल किया जाना भेदभाव पूर्ण फ़ैसला है । pic.twitter.com/6TH1ptPdx2
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) June 19, 2020
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AAP leader and Delhi minister Gopal Rai said it is unfortunate that the AAP was not invited. “Instead of taking all the parties together, the BJP is using mathematical formulas to ascertain who should be invited and who should not be. It is unfortunate,” he said.
चीन द्वारा भारतीय सैनिकों पर किए गए हमले के विरोध में @AamAadmiParty के कार्यकर्ता कल 20 जून, सुबह 11:00 बजे देशभर में करेंगे “आक्रोश प्रदर्शन”।
दिल्ली के सभी 70 विधानसभा क्षेत्रों में होगा “आक्रोश प्रदर्शन”।
“वीर सैनिकों का अपमान, नहीं सहेगा हिंदुस्तान”
— Gopal Rai (@AapKaGopalRai) June 19, 2020
It has been learnt that all recognised national parties – those with over five MPs in the Lok Sabha, leading parties from the northeast and parties with Union cabinet ministers – have been invited for the all-party meeting.
The meeting will take place on Friday and it comes against the backdrop of demands by the opposition seeking details of the violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh which left 20 Indian Army personnel dead.
Rai said the AAP will also launch nationwide protests against the Chinese aggression on Saturday and party MLAs will stage protests in their respective constituencies.
“In protest against the attack on Indian soldiers by China, Aam Aadmi Party will hold ‘aakrosh pradarshan‘ tomorrow on June 20 at 11:00 am. There will be demonstration in all the 70 assembly constituencies of Delhi. India will not stand disrespect of brave soldiers,” Rai said in a tweet.