21 AAP MLAs to appear again before EC in connection with Office of Profit case

Twenty one Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs will appear again before the Election commission in New Delhi today in connection with an Office of Profit case.

The MLAs are facing the threat of disqualification in the case. The Commission had postponed hearing in the case for one week on 14th of this month. This has been done to give an opportunity to the AAP, BJP and Congress to present their stand in the matter.

text-align: justify;">The AAP government in Delhi had appointed 21 parliamentary secretaries to assist its ministers.

Subsequently, the city government sought to amend the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Act to exempt parliamentary secretaries from disqualification provisions in Office of Profit cases. However, the President refused to give his assent to the Bill.