A Congress delegation on Thursday met the Chief Election Commissioner and asked him to recommend to the President “immediate disqualification” of 21 AAP MlAs holding “office of profit” by working as Parliamentary secretaries to the State Government Ministers.
In the petition filed by Congress State president, AAP MlAs should be immediately disqualified for holding office of profit, as they have been given cars and office rooms as Parliamentary Secretaries to Ministers.
Makan has given the argument in petition that according to the Government of NCT Delhi Act, 1991(Act of 1991), a Member of legislative Assembly shall be disqualified, if holds any office of profits under the Govt. of NCT of Delhi except the holding of the office by a Minister.
“According to Section 15(1)(a) of the Act of 1991, provides that “a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the legislative assembly if he holds any office of profit under the government of India or the government of any state or the government of any union territory other than an office declared by law made by Parliament or by the legislature of any state or by the legislative assembly of Delhi or any other union territory, not to disqualify its holder.” Further, the office of ‘Parliamentary Secretary to Ministers’ is an office not included in the list of offices removed from disqualification, under the ‘Act of 1997,” as per the petition filed by Congress delegations.