Speaker should debar 21 AAP MLAs from attending Assly: Maken

Delhi Congress has demanded that Vidhan Sabha Speaker "debar" the 21 legislators of ruling party from the special session of the Assembly in view of High Court decision "quashing" their appointment as Parliamentary Secretaries by the AAP government.
Party president Ajay Maken has written a letter to Assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel to "debar" the 21 MLAs from the 'special session' and all future sessions in view of the Delhi High Court quashing the order of the Delhi Government, appointing them as Parliamentary secretaries.
A bench of Delhi High Court comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal today set aside the Arvind Kejriwal-led government's order appointing 21 AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.

The special session of Delhi Assembly called by AAP government will be held tomorrow.
"The 21 MLAs appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries should not be allowed to attend the special session and all future sessions of the Assembly as the High Court has quashed the Delhi Government's order of their appointment and the Election Commission's verdict on the issue is awaited," Maken said.
Maken has also sought "termination of membership" of three ex ministers of AAP government for facing "serious charges".

"There are serious charges against the three former AAP ministers--Jitender Singh Tomar, Asim Ahmed Khan and Sandeep Kumar--and therefore, a resolution should be introduced to terminate their membership from the Assembly in the special session," he said.

Questioning relevance of "special session", he said it was a "betrayal" with people of Delhi as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and most of his ministers would be skipping it as they would be away in Punjab, Gujarat and Goa.
Delhi Congress will launch a series of dharnas in all the 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi from September 14 to protest against AAP government's alleged "betrayal" of people.