New Delhi, Jan 19: The Election Commission
of India on Friday sent to President Ram Nath Kovind its recommendations on the
'office of profit' case against 20 MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the
'office of profit' case.
Though EC officials declined the reveal the
recommendations of the EC in the matter, sources said that at the marathon
meeting held on Friday, the poll panel had recommended to the President the
disqualification of the AAP MLAs.
In August 2017, the MLAs appealed to the Delhi High Court asking it to not allow the EC taking up the Delhi lawyer's petition. They argued that their appointments to the post of parliamentary secretary were already quashed, in 2016.
On August 29, EC had completed hearing in the case and reserved its decision on the matter.
The legislators had been called for a hearing against the complaint of their holding of posts of Parliament Secretaries 'unconstitutionally'.
They have been in a deep trouble after the then President Pranab Mukherjee on June 13 withheld his assent to the Parliamentary Secretaries Bill, aimed at giving exemption to these lawmakers appointed by the Arvind Kejriwal Government as Parliamentary Secretaries.
The Bill was brought by the AAP Government in the Delhi Assembly last year to avert the eventuality of disqualification of these MLAs. Opposition parties BJP. UNI
In August 2017, the MLAs appealed to the Delhi High Court asking it to not allow the EC taking up the Delhi lawyer's petition. They argued that their appointments to the post of parliamentary secretary were already quashed, in 2016.
On August 29, EC had completed hearing in the case and reserved its decision on the matter.
The legislators had been called for a hearing against the complaint of their holding of posts of Parliament Secretaries 'unconstitutionally'.
They have been in a deep trouble after the then President Pranab Mukherjee on June 13 withheld his assent to the Parliamentary Secretaries Bill, aimed at giving exemption to these lawmakers appointed by the Arvind Kejriwal Government as Parliamentary Secretaries.
The Bill was brought by the AAP Government in the Delhi Assembly last year to avert the eventuality of disqualification of these MLAs. Opposition parties BJP. UNI
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