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President approves disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs

President approves disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs
In a major blow to Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party, President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify 20 of its MLAs for holding offices of profit, setting the stage for their ouster from the Assembly.

In its opinion sent to President Kovind, the EC had said the MLAs, by occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries between March 13, 2015, and September 8, 2016, held offices of profit, and were liable to be disqualified as legislators, PTI quoted highly-placed sources as saying.

A notification issued by the law ministry quoted the president as saying that in the light of the opinion expressed by the Election Commission (EC), the 20 members of the Delhi legislative assembly have been disqualified. 

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