Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Friday disqualified rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kapil Mishra under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, referred to as the 'Anti-Defection Law'. Kapil Mishra was disqualified from the state assembly on the grounds of defection for his association with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The poll panel said that the MLAs have not challenged the President's January 20 decision, by which its recommendation was accepted.
On January 21, President Ram Nath Kovind had approved the disqualification of AAP MLAs, after the Election Commission had recommended the same on January 19.
AAP filed a fresh plea in the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the disqualification of its 20 lawmakers by the President on the recommendation of the EC.
The high court, which is yet to pass any order on Congress'petition, had earlier directed the state government to withdraw the power of all parliamentary secretaries.
Aam Aadmi Party said that it will file a fresh petition in the high court.
The AAP said that it will now approach the High Court against this "extremely unconstitutional, unethical and biased decision of the EC".
Kejriwal also said that the almighty would have given the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 67 seats keeping in mind that 20 AAP MLAs would be disqualified after three years.
President Ram Nath Kovind today accepted the Election Commission’s recommendation to disqualify 20 MLAs of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party for holding offices of profit.
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