Congress leader and former Minister Mohammed Akbar on Monday said that the appointments of 11 Parliamentary Secretaries in Chhattisgarh is 'unconstitutional.'
In a press conference held here at Congress Bhawan on Monday, Akbar citing that there was no provision in the Constitution for such post and said that these Parliamentary Secretaries cannot get the protection of Chhattisgarh State Assembly Members Ineligibility Act 2006.
Akbar said that the Governor should have forwarded his application to the Election Commission of India (ECI) which he had not done in his case, he alleged .
Akbar said :“I directly approached the ECI which in reply denied considering my case saying that the application has not came to it through a proper channel”.
He further informed that looking that his case was not entertained by the ECI, he had filed petitions in the Chhattisgarh High Court. “I have filed two petitions in the High Court one is about removal of parliamentary secretaries from the post and the second is about declaring them ineligible from the post of legislators, he said.