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Shocking Decision of President Ram Nath Kovind on disqualification of 20 MLAs from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as prescribed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the most-discussed Office of Profit case. Ram Nath Kovind endorsed the disqualification of 20 MLAs from Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday Jan 21 .
With this, the mega by-election in New Delhi is relied upon to occur in no time. Prior, the Election Commission has suggested the disqualification of 20 MLAs from Aam Aadmi Party .
Everything started more than two years under the watchful eye of when a young lawyer recorded an appeal to for the disqualification of 21 MLAs from Aam Aadmi Party who had been made parliamentary secretaries in Delhi in March 2015.
Despite the fact that MLAs from Aam Aadmi Party had asked for the Election Commission of India to drop the ‘office of Profit’ body of evidence against them, the Election Commission of India dismissed their supplications in June 2017.
After numerous turns, Election Commission of India suggested for the disqualification of MLAs. While one among the 21, Jarnail Singh of Rajouri Garden, had surrendered a year ago to battle surveys in Punjab , the Election Commission of India has prescribed to the President to approve the 20 MLAs disqualification .
Ram Nath Kovind has endorsed the Election Commission of India’s suggestion. Despite the fact that the disqualification of 20 MLAs from Aam Aadmi Party wouldn’t dive the occupant Arvind Kejriwal government into an emergency – since it has a mind greater part in the 70-part Delhi Assembly, this disqualification of 20 MLAs make warmed political environment in front of by-elections.
Obviously this is an immense difficulty for Arvind Kejriwal and his group. MLAs who faced disqualification – Alka Lamba, Manoj Kumar, Adarsh Shastri, Sanjeev Jha, Rajesh Gupta, Nitin Tyagi, Kailash Gehlot, Vijendra Garg, Praveen Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Shiv Charan Goyal, Sarita Singh, Naresh Yadav, Rajesh Rishi, Anil Kumar, Som Dutt, Avtar Singh, Sukhvir Singh Dala and Madan Lal Khufiya.
This situation could lead to by-election in Delhi within six months. The strength of AAP in 70-member Delhi Assembly has fallen to 47 after President of India approved EC recommendation.