17:26 (IST)
Delhi HC will hear main petition on 20 March
The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear the Aam Aadmi Party's main petition challenging the maintainability of the proceedings at the Election Commission of India. The matter will be heard on 20 March.
17:02 (IST)
Delhi High Court to hear AAP's main petition on 20 March; party withdrew application relating to disqualification only
16:57 (IST)
AAP demands disqualification of 116 BJP MLAs in Madhya Pradesh for Holding Office of Profit; 4 Haryana MLAs too face similar charges
AAP has demanded that the Election Commission show similar haste and take action against 116 BJP legislators in Madhya Pradesh as they too hold posts that come under the ambit of Office of Profit.
“Of the MLAs in question in 2016, most are members of Jan Bhagidari samitis of colleges which comes under office of profit," former state AAP secretary Akshay Hunka told News18. He said that while these MLAs are not paid salaries, they do get travel allowances from colleges.
"Two ministers - Paras Jain and Deepak Joshi – also hold office of profit by virtue of being office bearers of Indian Scout and Guide," he said, adding that several more ministers would have fallen under the ambit in the last couple of years, according to News18.
Meanwhile, in a seperate but related development, a petition was filed in Punjab and Haryana High Court against four BJP MLAs who had been earlier appointed as chief parliamentary secretaries by the Haryana government, but they were removed after the high court last year quashed their appointments, The Indian Express reported.
