Troubles have escalated for Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party as President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday accepted the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify 20 MLAs of AAP for holding offices of profit.

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.

HERE’S THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE DISQUALIFIED MLAs

Praveen Kumar-Jangpura MLA

Sharad Kumar-Narela MLA

Adarsh Shastri-Dwarka MLA

Madan Lal-Kasturba Nagar MLA

Shiv Charan Goel-Moti nagar MLA

Sanjeev Jha-Burari MLA

Sarita Singh-Rohtas Nagar MLA

Naresh Yadav-Mehrauli MLA

Jarnail Singh-Tilak Nagar MLA

Rajesh Gupta-Wazirpur north MLA

Som Dutt-Sadar Bazar MLA

Rajesh Rishi-Janakpuri West MLA

Avtar Singh-Kalkaji MLA

Kailash Gahlot-Najafgarh MLA

Vijender Singh Vijay-Rajinder Nagar MLA

Anil Kumar Bajpai-Gandhi Nagar MLA

Manoj Kumar-Kondli MLA

Alka Lamba-Chandni Chowk MLA

Nitin Tyagi-Laxmi Nagar MLA

Sukhvir Singh - Mundka MLA

 

The AAP MLAs were appointed parliamentary secretaries and their appointment was described as them holding offices of profit by a petitioner.

In a blow to the AAP, the EC had on Friday asked the President to disqualify its 20 MLAs.
All the 20 AAP MLAs had moved the Delhi High Court challenging the EC's recommendation but Justice Rekha Palli had refused to pass any interim order.