New Delhi sources have reported that in a major blow to the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday recommended disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding 'office of profit' and the recommendation has been sent to President Ramnath Kovind for his nod.
Meanwhile following the shocking move, the AAP has approached the Delhi High Court against EC's recommendation to disqualify its MLAs. Further in the present case, the petition was made to disqualify 21 MLAs, but one had resigned a few months back and the EC, however, said that the disqualification is sub-judice, and it will not comment on what recommendation has been given to the President.
Presently the ruling AAP has a massive majority in the Delhi Assembly with
67 out of 70 seats and moreover this disqualification will not meddle with
AAP's position in the assembly, but is definitely a serious setback for the
party. Further the MLAs' pleas that the case against them be dropped were
rejected by the EC in June 2017.
