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
This is not for the first time in Indian history that action is being taken against lawmakers
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
AAP MLAs' petition mentioned before a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, to be heard today itself
EC recommended to President the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for allegedly holding offices of profit
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that 'hurdles naturally come when one walks on the path of truth'
The ECI on Friday recommended President Ram Nath Kovind that the 20 MLAs be disqualified
On Friday, the EC recommended to President Ram Nath Kovind to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs for holding offices of profit
Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh termed the EC's recommendations as 'one-sided' and 'partial'
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 .
HC restrained Election Commission from taking any 'precipitate measures' like announcing dates for by-polls till January 29
The bench said the principle of natural justice was violated as no oral hearing was given to the MLAs
Audit found that work of the govt is being projected as AAP's achievements
The Consumer Affairs Ministry had made it clear that service charge on food bill was not compulsory
Panel has pointed out gross abuse of power by Arvind Kejriwal government
Union Minister and senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal termed the alleged expenditure mind boggling
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
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.
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
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has been able to spend only 85% of the state budget, on average in three financial years