Parliamentary Secretaries News
The Election Commission on Monday reserved its order on the plea of 21 AAP MLAs that it should drop the case of office of profit against them as their appointment as parliamentary secretaries has already been set aside by the Delhi High Court.
The BJP said on Thursday that the Delhi High Court's order quashing the appointment of 21 parliamentary secretaries was a confirmation of the "anarchic behaviour" of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and demanded the resignations of the AAP legislators concerned.
In a major setback to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, the Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the appointment of 21 AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.
Newly elected Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday appointed eight BJP MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries.
The Election Commission will from Thursday commence personal hearing of 21 AAP MLAs.
Fighting to save its 21 parliamentary secretaries in the capital from being disqualified, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission and sought similar action against MLAs in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
AAP has 67 MLAs in the 70 member Delhi Assembly. The remaining three are BJP legislators
President has refused to give his assent to a bill passed by the Delhi Assembly last year seeking amendment in the existing law to insulate the 21 legislators from the purview of the office of profit law with retrospective effect.
President had refused to give his assent to a bill passed by the Delhi Assembly last year seeking amendment in the existing law to insulate the 21 legislators from the purview of the office of profit law with retrospective effect.
A day after the President turned down an amendment sought retrospectively to the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Act, 1997 by the AAP government, the Congress on Tuesday said that it is prepared for the by-polls.
Through the bill for amending the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Act, 1997, the AAP government wanted 'retrospective' exemption for the parliamentary secretaries from disqualification.
The AAP on Tuesday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the rejection by President Pranab Mukherjee of a bill for approving 21 MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries in Delhi.
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