TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ The Shiv Sena on Monday raised questions over “the haste” with which 20 legislators of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi were disqualified for holding ‘office of profit’. “This is an unprecedented incident in which so many elected legislators have been disqualified in a wholesale manner. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is facing a crisis, and that is because of the public campaign against corruption and injustice,” the Shiv Sena said.
Even President Ram Nath Kovind took cognisance and stamped his approval to the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s recommendations, the Sena said in a strong edit in the party mouthpieces, ‘Saamana’ and ‘Dopahar Ka Saamana’.
In the case of AAP’s 20 legislators, the Election Commission has acted in haste, that is the opinion of even former ECI officials, and that too, without giving them an opportunity to present their case, it said. “The Election Commission gave its ruling on the complaints against these legislators without a hearing in the matter or giving the 20 AAP elected representatives a chance to explain themselves. This is wrong,” the Sena said.
“Instead of Kejriwal, if there was a Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister, would the Lieutenant Governor have dared to behave in such a fashion, or recommend to the Election Commission to shunt 20 legislators home without giving them any opportunity to defend themselves. More than the Centre, the Lieutenant Governor appears to work like a BJP agent,” the Sena commented sharply.
