On Sunday, President Kovind approved the EC's recommendation and disqualified 20 MLAs of Delhi assembly.
President Ram Nath Kovind today accepted the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify 20 MLAs of Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party for holding offices of profit.
A notification issued by the law ministry quoted the president as saying that in the light of the opinion expressed by the Election Commission (EC), the 20 members of the Delhi legislative assembly have been disqualified.
The AAP MLAs were appointed parliamentary secretaries and their appointment was described as them holding offices of profit by a petitioner.
In a blow to the AAP, the EC had on Friday asked the President to disqualify its 20 MLAs.
"...Having considered the matter in the light of the opinion expressed by the Election Commission, I, Ram Nath Kovind, president of India, in exercise of the powers...do here hold that the aforesaid 20 members of the Delhi legislative assembly stand disqualified from being members of the said assembly," the notification said.
In a blow to the Aam Aadmi Party, the Election Commission had asked President Ram Nath Kovind to disqualify 20 of its MLAs for holding offices of profit, setting the stage for their ouster from the Assembly.
In its opinion sent to the president, the poll panel said the MLAs, by occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries between March 13, 2015 and September 8, 2016, held offices of profit, and were liable to be disqualified as legislators, highly-placed sources said.
Among the list are several prominent AAP leaders including Delhi cabinet minister Kailash Gahlot, who is also a close confidant of Arvind Kejriwal. The MLA from Najafgarh is the Transport Minister.
The other big names in the list are Chandni Chowk MLA Alka Lamba and Dwarka MLA Adarsh Shastri both of whom have been with Kejriwal since 2011 Indian Against Corruption movement. Laxmi Nagar MLA Nitin Tyagi who is close to Deputy CM Sisodia and prominent Poorvanchali leader Sanjeev Jha are also on the list.
Here’s the full list of MLAs who have been disqualified:
1) Adarsh Shastri- Dwarka
2) Alka Lamba- Chandni Chowk
3) Anil Vajpayee- Gandhi Nagar
4) Avtar Singh- Kalkaji
5) Kailash Gehilot- Najafgarg
6) Madan Lal- Kasurba Nagar
7) Manoj Kumar- Kondli
8) Naresh Yadav- Mehrauli
9) Nitin Tyagi- Laxmi Nagar
10) Praveen Kumar- Jangpura
11) Rajesh Gupta- Wazirpur
12) Rajesh Rishi- Janakpuri
13) Sanjeev Jha- Burari
14) Sarita Singh- Rohtas Nagar
15) Som Dutt- Sadar Bazar
16) Sharad Kumar- Narela
17) Shiv Charan Goel- Moti Nagar
18) Sukhbir Singh- Mundka
19) Vijendar Garg- Rajinder Nagar
20) Jarnail Singh – Tilak Nagar
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