AAP claims MLAs not invited to I-Day function
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The AAP claimed today that its MLAs were not invited to the Independence Day function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Party spokesperson and Delhi MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj said earlier invitations for the Republic Day and the Independence Day functions were received by the AAP MLAs when Pranab Mukherjee was the president.
"It was a long tradition to invite Delhi MLAs to At-Home function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Independence Day & Republic Day. @CitiznMukherjee used to invite us but u have stopped inviting Delhi MLAs. Any reasons sir ?" Bhardwaj tweeted.
He claimed invitations for these functions stopped after President Ram Nath Kovind assumed office in July last year.
"Sir, We MLAs of Delhi were always invited by all Presidents before Kovind Ji.After Kovind ji became President, 3 decade old tradition has been stopped. Inviting CM or Leader of Opposition is all together different thing. Why are Delhi MLAs being humiliated?," Bhardwaj said in another tweet.
He said such events should be kept above politics