Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal on
Monday defended himself by blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for withholding
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,
said the Prime Minister 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.
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 the same time , 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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