Advani not to attend Delhi assembly event

Delhi | Wednesday | 12th December, 2018

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NEW DELHI: BJP veteran LK Advani will not be able to attend an event to mark the silver jubilee celebrations of the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Saturday due to personal reasons, speaker Ram Niwas Goel said. The Delhi Assembly speaker had invited Advani as the chief guest to the function held to mark the 25th anniversary of its first sitting. The Delhi Assembly had its first sitting on December 14, 1993.Besides Advani, other invitees to the function include former members of the legislative assembly. "The AAP leaders specially its chief Arvind Kejriwal are known to push their political agenda on almost any platform. "Advani ji's PA has told me that the leader will not be able to attend the event due to personal reasons," Goel told late on Wednesday.A section of Delhi BJP leaders had expressed reservations over Advani's reported acceptance of the invitation..