President Ram Nath Kovind has approved a recommendation by the Election Commission (EC) to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs from the legislative assembly.
"We had hoped to go to the President asking him to give us a chance to present ourselves. Now we received this news. AAP will knock the doors of HC and even SC if the need be," said Gopal Rai to ANI.
On Friday, the Election Commission had recommended to the President the disqualification of 20 of its MLAs for holding office of profit, setting the stage for their ouster from the Assembly.
In its opinion sent to President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday morning, the Election Commission said the MLAs, by occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries between March 13, 2015 and September 8, 2016, held office of profit, and were liable to be disqualified as legislators.
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Now, by-elections will be held for the 20 Assembly seats.
The AAP has a massive majority in the 70-member Delhi assembly with 65 seats, and the impending disqualification will not endanger the Arvind Kejriwal government though the number of party MLAs will come down to 45.
(With Agency inputs)
