Kapil Mishra claims in HC he was disqualified as he was whistleblower, highlighted Delhi govt corruption

Disqualified AAP MLA Kapil Mishra, who recently joined the BJP, has claimed before the Delhi High Court that the action was taken against him as he had highlighted alleged corruption of the chief minister, ministers and functionaries of the city government and the Speaker had "prejudiced and oblique motive".

In an additional affidavit, Mishra, who has moved the high court against his disqualification from the Legislative Assembly under the anti-defection law, said he had visited Vijay Goel's residence on January 27, where he also met BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, and that under no law this visit can remotely be equated to voluntary resignation from the AAP.

The Karawal Nagar MLA, who was disqualified with effect from January 27 when he shared the dais with BJP leaders at an election event organised by them, contended that other Aam Aadmi Party leaders like Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had also shared the stage with rival political parties like the Congress and the SP and there cannot be different yardsticks for members.

The matter is listed for hearing on September 4.

Mishra claimed that the Speaker had disqualified him with effect from January 27 itself, but in order to create confusion, the Speaker in his order has mentioned some events which had happened five to seven months after January 27.

This itself shows that the respondent no.1 (Speaker) has a prejudiced and oblique motive against the petitioner and disqualified him despite not having any significant and admissible evidence to prove that the petitioner has voluntarily resigned on January 27, he said.

I state that there was no official guidelines or instructions or any notice from the Aam Aadmi Party against any of these events. All members of Aam Aadmi Party were campaigning for one political party or another.

"When the petitioner (Mishra) shared stage with some elected representatives of BJP, at the same time, many leaders of AAP including Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders, were also sharing the stage with rival political parties like Congress, BSP, SP, NCP, TMC etc.... Therefore, there cannot be two different yardsticks for different members, he said in the affidavit filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey.

Mishra said he has joined BJP recently on August 17, much after the Speaker's August 8 order by which he was disqualified.

Terming the allegations and conclusions drawn by the Speaker as illegal and unconstitutional, Mishra claimed that he was disqualified because he was a whistle blower and highlighted various corruption and other irregularities in the Delhi government