AAP MLAs to protest overnight at Delhi Assembly against L-G in alleged currency exchange charge

The Arvind Kejriwal-led party alleged Delhi L-G VK Saxena pressured his employees to exchange banned notes worth Rs 1,400 crore in 2016 when he was the chairman of KVIC.

AAP MLAs holding placards raise slogans while staging a protest demanding resignation of Delhi L-G VK Saxena in New Delhi, on 29 August 2022 | ANI photo

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs will stay overnight at the Delhi Assembly premises, demanding a probe against Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena for allegedly changing banned currency notes during his term as the KVIC chairman, party sources said.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led party are up in arms against the LG after AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak alleged in the Assembly on Monday that Saxena had pressured his employees to exchange demonetised notes worth Rs 1,400 crore in 2016, when he was the chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).

“We are going to stay overnight in the Delhi Assembly in protest and to demand a probe against the LG,” a source in the AAP said.

Earlier in the day, Pathak also demanded a probe into the alleged scam.

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