Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal on
Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi post the withholding of the
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's bill exempting 21 parliamentary secretaries
from their disqualification as MLAs because of the illegality of holding two
offices of profit at once.
Kejriwal,
known for his rants against the Prime Minister, said the latter follows the
agenda of 'not working, neither allowing anyone to work'.
"None
of the MLAs took a single penny, vehicle or bungalow. Every MLA was working for
free but Modiji says: Everyone stay at home, no one will work," Kejriwal
said in a tweet.
"I
had deputed one MLA each for electricity, water, hospital and school. but Modi
ji says 'neither I will work, nor allow anyone to'," he added.
"One
MLA was spending his own petrol to visit hospitals. What wrong was he doing?
Modi ji has made him sit in the house," he said.
Kejriwal
also said Prime Minister Modi is
peturbed after seeing the development in the national capital.
The Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP)
government's bill to exempt 21 parliamentary secretaries from their
disqualification as MLAs because of the illegality of holding two offices of
profit at once, received a major setback today as President Pranab Mukherjee
withheld the bill.
An
organisation called the Rashtriya Mukti Morcha had petitioned the Delhi High
Court, contending that these 21 legislators enjoy the status and perks of
ministers including office space and official cars, which is a misuse of the
taxpayer's money.
The PIL
alleges that these appointments are "unconstitutional, illegal and without
jurisdiction" and should be cancelled, pointing that the Delhi Government
can have a maximum of seven ministers.
It also
contends that along with seven ministers in Kejriwal's Cabinet, these 21 people
with minister status exceed that limit.
The
petition argues that the Chief Minister has "no power, jurisdiction or
authority" to administer oath of office to the Parliamentary Secretaries.
A petition
has alleged that 21 legislators occupied offices of profit in violation of the
Constitution.
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Source: ANI
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