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Big jolt for AAP: President approves disqualification of 20 MLAs

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In a huge blow to Aam Admi Party, President Ram Nath Kovind today approved the disqualification of 20 MLAs for holding the ‘Office of Profit’.

The Election Commission had sent its recommendation to disqualify the MLAs to the President on 19 January. The ECI had said that the MLAs are appointed as parliamentary secretaries, which was “unconstitutional”.

Initially, the profit for office case was against 21 MLAs before Rajouri Garden MLA Jarnail Singh resigned from his post to contest elections against former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2017 state election.

On September 8, 2016, the high court had set aside the appointment of the 21 AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries. The court had observed that the order to appoint them as parliamentary secretaries was given without the concurrence of the then Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung.

Here is the complete list of AAP MLAs:
Praveen Kumar: Jangpura MLA

Sharad Kumar Chauhan: Narela MLA

Madan Lal Khufiya: Kasturba Nagar MLA

Shiv Charan Goyal: Moti Nagar MLA

Sarita Singh: Rohtas Nagar MLA

Anil Kumar Bajpai: Gandhi Nagar MLA

Som Dutt: Sadar Bazar MLA

Avtar Singh: Kalkaji MLA

Nitin Tyagi: Laxmi Nagar MLA

Jarnail Singh: Tilak Nagar MLA

Adarsh Shastri: Dwarka MLA

Alka Lamba: Chandni Chowk MLA

Sanjeev Jha: Burari MLA

Kailash Gehlot: Najafgarh MLA

Vijendra Garg: Rajinder Nagar MLA

Naresh Yadav: Mehrauli MLA

Rajesh Gupta: Wazirpur MLA

Rajesh Rishi: Janakpuri MLA

Sukhvir Singh Dala: Mundka MLA

Manoj Kumar: Kondli MLA

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