Following The Pioneer report, the Delhi BJP on Saturday took potshots at the AAP Government for keeping 21 Parliamentary Secretaries out of the purview of “office of profit” clause terming it as “theatrics”. BJP MlA Vijender Gupta ridiculed the AAP Government for providing “all the facilities” to 21 Parliamentary Secretaries, but keeping them out of the purview of ‘office of profit’ clause.
“These are all theatrics. The Parliamentary Secretaries have been given offices, vehicles and are being treated like Ministers. They can go through files.Government has provided them several facilities. crores of rupees are being spent on Parliamentary Secretaries. Then you say they don’t fall in the ‘office of profit’ category. This is contradictory,” he said. As per Article 239(A) of Constitution, number of Cabinet Ministers in Delhi cannot exceed 10 per cent of total 70 Assembly seats, that is seven.However, Gupta quipped, Delhi has 28 Ministers given the kind of facilities Parliamentary Secretaries are receiving.