Twenty AAP MLAs again moves Delhi High Court against disqualification
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IBNS) : The 20 MLAs from the ruling Aam Admi Party on Tuesday made a fresh move to the Delhi High Court against their disqualification by the Election Commission for allegedly holding office of profit, reports said.
The court will hear the legislators' plea on Wednesday on the matter.
The MLAs on Monday withdrew their earlier pleas, which became infractuous after the EC recommendation got the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind.
The legislators, whose appointment as parliamentary secretaries was questioned by the EC, told the court on Monday that they would move fresh petitions.
Justice Rekha Palli allowed the MLAs to withdraw their plea.
The EC on Friday had sent its recommendation of disqualifications to President Ram Nath Kovind which were later approved.
However, the AAP will not face any immediate problem in running the Delhi government, as the party still has 46 out of 70 Assembly seats.
Protesting against the Election Commission's move to disqualify 20 of its MLAs in Delhi, the party headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday called the move as 'unconstitutional'.
The Congress, which currently has no member in the Delhi Assembly, said it is ready for the mid-term polls for the 20 vacant seats.
The case pertaining to the office of profit was first raised by Delhi lawyer Prashant Patel's petition after Kejriwal's clean sweep in 2015 Assembly poll.
Out of 70 Assembly seats, AAP had claimed 66 as against BJP's three seats.
Congress has demanded Kejriwal's resignation.
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