India, March 7 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the Delhi assembly's privileges committee on Friday in connection with the "Phansi Ghar" controversy, and later accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government of attempting to "insult the martyrs" by portraying the historic "execution chamber" as a "tiffin room".

Besides Kejriwal, former Delhi speaker Ram Niwas Goel and then deputy speaker Rakhi Birla also appeared before the committee. However, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia skipped the proceedings again, officials said.

After the meeting, Kejriwal told reporters that it was the efforts of then speaker Goel in 2022 that brought to light the existence of a "Phansi Ghar...