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
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