AAP must introspect: Office of profit fiasco has dented party's reputation

The controversy has damaged the reputation of Mr Arvind Kejriwal and the party he founded

It is ironic that a party which came to power on the back of a robust anti-corruption platform in its maiden electoral attempt should find itself challenging a decision of the Election Commission that suggests gross irregularities in its own practices. The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) accusations that former chief election commissioner A K Joti chose to take the decision to disqualify 20 MLAs on his last day in office as a means of currying favour with the ruling regime sound disingenuous. The disqualification of 20 AAP legislators from the Delhi Assembly for accepting offices of profit between March 2015