AAP may remain in power despite MLA’s disqualification
Office of profit case will make voters rally behind Arvind Kejriwal
Politics Amitabh Tiwari Jan 19, 2018 17:26:16 IST
As per news reports, Election Commission has recommended disqualification of 20 MLAs belonging to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in an alleged 'office of profit' case.
The Opposition in Delhi Assembly is demanding Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation.
All this has come at a time when rift inside the party became apparent due to Kapil Mishra’s exit and denial of Rajya Sabha ticket to Kumar Vishwas.
Some TV news channels are already predicting snap polls in Delhi. Is the situation as grim for AAP as some reports have projected?
Some facts. AAP has 66 MLAs in the 70-member Delhi Assembly with BJP at 4. Even after the disqualification of these 20 MLAs, the party will have a brutal majority in the Assembly with 46 MLAs in a reduced house strength of 50. Even after assuming that AAP loses all the 20 seats in the re-elections (very low probability in my opinion), the party will enjoy a comfortable majority with 10 more MLAs than the required 36.