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Election Commission disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs for holding 'office of profit'

The Congress had on June 9, 2016, moved the poll panel to seek disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs and has been pursuing the matter ever since

Election Commission disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs for holding 'office of profit'
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:08 PM IST

EC disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs: All you need to know about 'Office of Profit'

This is not for the first time in Indian history that action is being taken against lawmakers

EC disqualifies 20 AAP MLAs: All you need to know about 'Office of Profit'
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:01 PM IST

Mid-term elections in Delhi? What does 20 AAP MLAs disqualification mean?

The recommended action against AAP MLAs brings into question the offices that are routinely distributed by state governments with large majorities but few ministerships to offer their MLAs

Mid-term elections in Delhi? What does 20 AAP MLAs disqualification mean?
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:01 PM IST

AAP MLAs move Delhi HC against EC recommendation to disqualify them

AAP MLAs' petition mentioned before a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, to be heard today itself

AAP MLAs move Delhi HC against EC recommendation to disqualify them
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:01 PM IST

Office of profit case: No interim relief for AAP MLAs, HC seeks EC's stand

EC recommended to President the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for allegedly holding offices of profit

Office of profit case: No interim relief for AAP MLAs, HC seeks EC's stand
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:00 PM IST

Kejriwal must go trends on Twitter, Mamata backs him: 10 points on AAP row

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that 'hurdles naturally come when one walks on the path of truth'

Kejriwal must go trends on Twitter, Mamata backs him: 10 points on AAP row
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:00 PM IST

AAP 'office of profit' case: EC's decision unfortunate, says Kumar Vishwas

The ECI on Friday recommended President Ram Nath Kovind that the 20 MLAs be disqualified

AAP 'office of profit' case: EC's decision unfortunate, says Kumar Vishwas
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:00 PM IST

AAP says CEC A K Jyoti 'repaying debt' to Modi: Top 10 developments

On Friday, the EC recommended to President Ram Nath Kovind to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs for holding offices of profit

AAP says CEC A K Jyoti 'repaying debt' to Modi: Top 10 developments
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:59 PM IST

President should hear our views as well: AAP on 20 MLAs' disqualification

Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh termed the EC's recommendations as 'one-sided' and 'partial'

President should hear our views as well: AAP on 20 MLAs' disqualification
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:59 PM IST

It's Tughluqshahi, politics of vendetta: Yashwant, Shatrughan back AAP

Rebel BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha today backed the AAP over the disqualification of its 20 MLAs with the former calling the president's decision a "tughluqshahi" order. In a major setback to the AAP, President Ram Nath Kovind has disqualified 20 of its MLAs in Delhi for holding offices of profit, a decision the party said showed constitutional authorities were behaving like "handmaidens of the central government". Kovind gave his assent yesterday to the recommendation by the Election Commission (EC). "President's order disqualifying the 20 AAP MLAs is complete miscarriage of natural justice. No hearing, no waiting for High Court's order. It is Tughluqshahi of the worst order," Yashwant Sinha tweeted. Shatrughan Sinha said the "politics of vendetta" against the AAP will not last long. "Politics of vendetta or politics of vested interests just don't last long. Dont worry, be happy!," Shatrughan Sinha tweeted. "Hope wish & pray that you get divine .

It's Tughluqshahi, politics of vendetta: Yashwant, Shatrughan back AAP
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:59 PM IST

AAP MLAs' disqualification: Delhi HC restrains EC from announcing by-polls

HC restrained Election Commission from taking any 'precipitate measures' like announcing dates for by-polls till January 29

AAP MLAs' disqualification: Delhi HC restrains EC from announcing by-polls
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:59 PM IST

Delhi HC sets aside EC decision to disqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs

The bench said the principle of natural justice was violated as no oral hearing was given to the MLAs

Delhi HC sets aside EC decision to disqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:59 PM IST

AAP govt used Rs 29 cr in ads outside Delhi: CAG report

Audit found that work of the govt is being projected as AAP's achievements

AAP govt used Rs 29 cr in ads outside Delhi: CAG report
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:55 PM IST

Display 'service charge is voluntary' on premises, AAP govt tells eateries

The Consumer Affairs Ministry had made it clear that service charge on food bill was not compulsory

Display 'service charge is voluntary' on premises, AAP govt tells eateries
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:55 PM IST

AAP govt bypassed rules for over 150 decisions: Shunglu panel

Panel has pointed out gross abuse of power by Arvind Kejriwal government

AAP govt bypassed rules for over 150 decisions: Shunglu panel
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:54 PM IST

AAP spent Rs 11 lakh in public funds on lunches at Kejriwal's home: BJP

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal termed the alleged expenditure mind boggling

AAP spent Rs 11 lakh in public funds on lunches at Kejriwal's home: BJP
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:54 PM IST

How Kejriwal's AAP and Modi's BJP are strikingly similar, and yet different

The two offer the same package - personality cult, populist schemes, inflated claims, etc - but the hard edge to BJP's communalism is missing in AAP, a difference we should celebrate, writes T N Ninan

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:53 PM IST

AAP govt's prime focus will be Mohalla clinics, education sector in 2019

In other focus area in 2019, the Delhi Health Bill is likely to be presented in the AAP cabinet in January as Health Minister Satyendar Jain has given nod to his department to finalise the bill.

AAP govt's prime focus will be Mohalla clinics, education sector in 2019
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:53 PM IST

Delhi HC seeks Centre's, AAP govt's reply on PIL over starvation deaths

The petition claims that malnutrition and deaths due to starvation were more prevalent among slum-dwellers as many of them do not have ration cards to access subsidised food grains

Delhi HC seeks Centre's, AAP govt's reply on PIL over starvation deaths
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:53 PM IST

Here is why Delhi's AAP govt gets more money than ever but can't spend it

The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has been able to spend only 85% of the state budget, on average in three financial years

Here is why Delhi's AAP govt gets more money than ever but can't spend it
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:53 PM IST