Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the president of India took a decision in haste regarding the disqualification of AAP MLA’s. They also said that they have complete faith in the judiciary.
With the president’s decision, the strength of AAP in Delhi assembly will come down to 46 from 66. 20 of their MLA’s will be disqualified following President’s decision.
The big problem for the party is that there is another case relating to the office of profit pending before the ECI in which the fate of 27 MLAs is at stake.
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“Unfortunate that the President took the decision in such haste, without giving us chance to speak. It’s an act of Centre using constitutional institutions. We’ve trust on the judiciary. Doors of HC & SC is open for us,” AAP MLA Alka Lamba told news agency. On Friday, the Delhi High Court had refused any interim relief to the Aam Aadmi Party whose 20 MLAs were recommended for disqualification.
The AAP had moved the Delhi HC seeking a stay on the recommendation made by the ECI which had disqualified the 20 MLAs on the office of profit issue. [Office of Profit: Why the worries for the Aam Aadmi Party are far from over] The Congress had on June 9, 2016, moved the poll panel to seek disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs. In October last year, the EC had issued a notice to the Aam Aadmi Party lawmakers for an explanation.
In June 2017, the EC rejected the MLAs pleas to drop the “office of profit” case against them and ruled that the disqualification proceedings against them will continue.
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