NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court (HC) has set aside the order by the Election Commission to disqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding offices of profit. The 20 MLAs had been disqualified from office by the President, on the recommendation of the Election Commission. Reacting to the decision, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the people of Delhi. "Truth prevails. The representatives who had been elected by the people of Delhi were ousted in an improper manner. The Delhi High Court has given justice to the people of Delhi. This is a big victory for the people of Delhi. I congratulate the people of Delhi," he tweeted.
HC said that the notification disqualifying AAP MLAs was bad in law and remanded their plea back to the Election Commission which will hear it again. HC said there was a violation of natural justice and no oral hearing was given to AAP MLAs before disqualifying them as legislators. The 20 AAP members will continue to hold their seats. The EC will now have to take another look at the office of profit allegations against the 20 MLAs.
Here's the list of the 20 AAP MLAs -
Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka constituency
Alka Lamba from Chandni Chowk constituency
Sanjeev Jha from Burari constituency
Kailash Gehlot from Najafgarh constituency
Vijendra Garg from Rajinder Nagar constituency
Praveen Kumar from Jangpura constituency
Sharad Kumar Chauhan from Narela constituency
Madan Lal Khufiya from Kasturba Nagar constituency
Shiv Charan Goyal from Moti Nagar constituency
Sarita Singh from Rohtas Nagar constituency
Naresh Yadav from Mehrauli constituency
Rajesh Gupta from Wazirpur constituency
Rajesh Rishi from Janakpuri constituency
Anil Kumar Bajpai from Gandhi Nagar constituency
Som Dutt from Sadar Bazar constituency
Avtar Singh from Kalkaji constituency
Sukhvir Singh Dala from Mundka constituency
Manoj Kumar from Kondli constituency
Nitin Tyagi from Laxmi Nagar constituency
Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar constituency
