After the President of India dismissed the plea to disqualify 27 AAP MLAs for allegedly holding office of profit by being appointed as
chairpersons of Rogi Kalyan Samitis attached to various city hospitals, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday welcomed Ram Nath Kovind's decision.
Party spokesperson Dilip Pandey said the move defeated BJP's attempt at "undermining" constitutional institutions in the country.
The AAP in a detailed statement asserted that it was of the "firm view" that "such a fake and false complaint" should have been consigned to the dustbin by the Rashtrapati Bhawan itself during the tenure of the previous President and should not have been forwarded to the Election Commission (EC) in the first place.
Pandey said attempt of the BJP to "destabilise" the Kejriwal Government in Delhi and tinker with constitutional norms have failed.