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Mid-term elections in Delhi? What does 20 AAP MLAs disqualification mean?

The recommended action against AAP MLAs brings into question the offices that are routinely distributed by state governments with large majorities but few ministerships to offer their MLAs

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTI
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: PTI

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
Does the disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members of legislative Assembly (MLAs) by the Election Commission mean that there will be mid-term elections in Delhi? Actually, it means much more than that.
 
It brings into question the issue of ‘parliamentary secretaries’ and other such offices, including chairmanship of boards, and raises profound questions for the future, on loaves and fishes that are routinely distributed as largesse by governments (such as the AAP government in Delhi) which have large majorities and not enough ministerships to pass around to all their elected MLAs.
 
But first things first. AAP
Topics : AAP

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