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Delhi Assembly Launches Privileges Inquiry into ‘Phansi-Ghar’ Dispute

Speaker Vijender Gupta has tasked the Privileges Committee with investigating the alleged misrepresentation of a colonial chamber as a gallows

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Overview

  • Gupta’s referral names former CM Arvind Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and ex-Speaker Ram Niwas Goel as key witnesses
  • The BJP-led government has directed removal of the 2022 execution plaque and site signage
  • Historical experts and National Archives documents confirmed the chamber functioned as a tiffin room with a service lift, not a gallows
  • Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ordered an FIR and full recovery of the ₹1.04 crore spent on the contested refurbishment
  • AAP legislators have urged an independent Archaeological Survey of India investigation into recovered artifacts and the site’s history